Chapter 143

Brandon popped into Ephemora because there was some trouble at the hotel here. He didn’t want to stir the pot, but they didn’t get into the nitty-gritty of

the matter.

Sophia was clueless about whether Darcy was still with the Starlight Group or not.

He looked just like he did two years ago, short and portly, but without the pep in his step he used to have. He looked way more worn out and down in the dumps.

As Sophia craned her neck to get a better look at him, Darcy glanced down at her, noticed the tea he’d spilled but just peeped it and didn’t even mutter an ‘I’m sorry’ before he breezed past her to greet the tall, skinny guy behind her with a warm double-handed wave, “Ms. Barlow.”

Among Sophia’s acquaintances, only Marian had it.

She couldn’t help but take a second look at the lanky dude-it was the same guy she’d bumped into in the Starlight Hotel’s underground parking lot two years ago.

Zachary caught Sophia peeking and glanced over at the pair before turning to her, “Do you know this guy?”

Sophia chuckled and shook her head, “Nope. Just thought that guy was kinda rude. Bumps into someone and can’t even apologize.”

“No point sweating the small stuff with that kind of person.”

Sophia nodded with a smile, “Yeah.”

kept her cool and kept eating, she couldn’t

so if she listened carefully, she could make out their

your end?” Sophia heard Darcy chuckle and say, “Oh, it’s all good. You think Ms. Barlow needs to worry when I’m on the job?” followed by the so-called “Ms.

a few hearty laughs before getting down to brass tacks, “I’ve already got the person in place

guy said, “Is the person reliable?”

new subsidiary and needed fresh faces, who knows how long it would’ve

because of Brandon’s past covert investigation, Sophia couldn’t shake the feeling that their words had layers, like there was

if she was just

but ask Susan, “Susan, do you

“Sure do.”

business info, especially for

But then..

sudden interest in him? Wasn’t he booted from the Starlight Group ages ago?”

at Susan in

he axed the head of the Starlight Hotel’s Ephemora branch and nearly snagged the Barlow

her head, clueless. She’d cut ties with Brandon and had blocked all

reshuffle’ and replaced the head of the Ephemora branch,” Susan explained, “I was tracking the Starlight Hotel project at the time, so I caught some

about having “already got the person in place at the company, rest easy,” and “If they hadn’t

asked, seeing Sophia’s

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