The Indifferent Ex-Husband Heartstrings in the Mall of Fate

Chapter 501

Kent was caught off guard and instinctively glanced at Brandon.

With his handsome face as calm as ever, Brandon asked, "Does Jerry have any bad habits?"

"Word on the street is he's hooked on online gambling," Kent replied.

Brandon's eyebrows quirked slightly, "Has he been going all in lately?"

Kent shared, "Yeah, I heard he even sold off an apartment downtown, and his wife is on the brink of divorcing him. They've been at it for months."

Brandon nodded, "Did you switch out the construction crew?"

"We're on it," Kent said, "currently scouting for a new team." Brandon nodded again, "Hmm."

The room fell into contemplation, but Brandon didn't dismiss Kent.

Puzzled, Kent looked at Brandon, "Mr. Crawley, anything else I can do for you?"

Brandon shook his head slightly, and after a long pause, he finally said, "Don't you find this whole thing fishy?"

Kent frowned slightly, locking eyes with Brandon.

"Jerry just happens to be in deep with gambling debts when he finds Nell and gets him a spot on the construction site, and then suddenly, we've got issues with pouring the bridge pier."

Brandon's frown deepened. There's this talk in the industry about 'sacrificial piling,' and Jerry's secretive maneuvers with Nell's whereabouts reeked of using him for a human foundation. Nell had no family, no one knew his exact whereabouts, and he had no ID - if he were to vanish, probably no one would bat

an eye.

But logically, this line of thinking didn't add up. If Jerry really wanted to use Nell for a 'sacrificial piling,' there was no gain for him. It would be an overkill for a smooth construction process unless there was a bigger fish behind the scenes pulling the strings.

Jerry was strapped for cash, so it wasn't impossible that someone might be paying him for some dirty work.

person

to lunch, she mentioned dining with

good, that the person was in place

year. If it weren't for the Starlight Group launching a subsidiary and

had

background check on the new hires from that period - all clean,

also had Don keep an eye on the staff, but

after learning about the mole, Star Dempsey Architects secretly beefed up surveillance - still nothing out of the ordinary from what they

link to this so-called Ms. Barlow was

had Marian discreetly investigated. She was just padding her resume,

and didn't give a hoot about work. She didn't lift a finger for the Zenithan-style resort project, Sophia's

the person looking to cause trouble through

word on

Darcy and Dennis?" Brandon looked

were becoming a

– peddling company secrets and favoritism. Despite being one of the founding fathers of the Starlight Hotel brand, Brandon spared him the public shaming, merely

profile role so suddenly, plus the whispers within

landed something, it didn't stick. Lately, Kent

a deal with Darcy, saw the Barlow Hotel falter against the Starlight Hotel, losing its edge in the international luxury hotel market. They were fading from

"If you hadn't brought it up, I

all. With so many rivals in the

them from Sophia a while back and had someone else dig into it. Darcy's currently managing a convenience chain hotel, while Dennis

stumble upon something?" Kent couldn't help

up, "I've got this hunch someone's looking to stir

looked at Brandon, taken

said, turning to Kent. "Keep a close watch on the construction site, and we've got to swap out the building crew. Make sure someone's keeping an eye on Nell too, don't want any accidents. And don't

nodded, "Got it,