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.”

had deliberately avoided Darcy, even though Sophia kept her cool

table was close to theirs, so if she listened carefully, she

chuckle and say, “Oh, it’s all good. You think Ms. Barlow needs to worry when I’m on the job?” followed by the

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

tall and skinny guy said, “Is the

recruitment spots open each year. If they hadn’t started this new subsidiary and needed fresh faces, who knows how long it would’ve been-till kingdom come, probably.” The

shake the feeling that their

she

couldn’t help but ask Susan, “Susan, do you know this Darcy guy? The head honcho at the Starlight Group’s

“Sure do.”

speed with business info, especially for the deals she had clinched herself.

But then..

he booted from the Starlight Group

at Susan in

Not long after Brandon returned to the country, he axed the head of the Starlight Hotel’s Ephemora branch and

Brandon and had blocked

long service. Just spun it as a ‘staff reshuffle’ and replaced the head of the Ephemora branch,”

having “already got the person in place at the company, rest easy,” and “If they hadn’t started this new subsidiary…” She kept replaying those lines in

asked, seeing Sophia’s pensive

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