Chapter 21

She eyed Brandon cautiously, trying to gauge his mood. “Who’s that?”

“Sophia,” he said, his handsome face composed, not bothering with any fake pleasantries.

Susan frowned. “You looking for her for something?”

Brandon didn’t answer, just looked at her, repeating his question: “Where is she?”

Susan shook her head quickly “I don’t know”

Afraid that Brandon might not believe her, she quickly added, “I really don’t know She just went that way, we haven’t been in touch, I really don’t know her address. Susan continued, “you’ve got phones and WhatsApp, right? If you wanna find her, just shoot her a message

But as soon as the words left her mouth, she saw Brandon’s expression go blank again.

He didn’t say anything more, didn’t even ask her to delete the photo, just gave her a look and turned to leave.

Susan didn’t know what did she do wrong, but watching his cold silhouette, she couldn’t help but call out, “Brandon.”

Brandon stopped in his tracks but didn’t turn around.

Susan still looking at his back, asked, “You looking for Sophia for something?”

“Nothing

nothing, then don’t bother her anymore, okay? You’ve both chosen to let bygones be bygones, so just leave it at

Brandon didn’t respond.

cold, but he said nothing, neither good

what Brandon was thinking and worried that her words might have blown a potential contract too, but since Sophia said she didn’t want

through for

fall through too, but to her surprise, two days later, Kent suddenly informed her that Starlight Hotel had agreed to come on board, telling her to start preparing

was so unexpected, Susan thought she was dreaming and couldn’t help but confirm with Kent over and over,

with the repeated confirmations,

just want to double-check,” Susan quickly appeased, not wanting to annoy the big shot, and couldn’t help but probe further, “Didn’t Mr. Crawley say before that it needed to go through the investment department for evaluation? Did it pass the

the call himself, no need for the investment

the call himself,

Kent was just as confused. If Brandon could make the decision himself, why bother with the

in mysterious ways, Kent added, “Maybe he just didn’t take a shine to

loudly because just as he finished, he saw Brandon

know. You guys get the contract ready too, grinding out the details is

Kent. The voice on the other end was chipper as she cooed a

Susan’s

word, and after the call, he couldn’t help

looking at him, and with a nod of his chin toward the room,

overheard by Brandon or

you wanted

of his desk, flipped through it, glanced at Kent. “Who’s currently in charge of

was somewhat puzzled. Isn’t it

regional general manager in charge of the Ephemoran branch, personally appointed by Brandon

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