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

lunch, she mentioned dining with Zachary in Wye City and overhearing Darcy talking with a guy named

guy asked Darcy how things were going, and Darcy said all was good, that the person was in

a subsidiary and needing new blood, who knows when they'd hire next. The subsidiary he mentioned must be Star-Dempsey Architects. So, I suspect

Sophia had

new hires

keep an eye on

Architects secretly beefed up surveillance - still nothing out of the ordinary from what they could

link to this

Marian discreetly investigated. She was just padding

daily tasks, always late, ducking out early, and didn't give

wasn't sure if the person looking to cause trouble through Jerry

no word

Darcy and Dennis?" Brandon

becoming a

for playing both sides – peddling company secrets and favoritism. Despite

so suddenly, plus the whispers within the company, meant insider gossip about his betrayal

when he landed something, it didn't stick. Lately, Kent hadn't heard

failing to make a deal with Darcy, saw the Barlow Hotel falter against the Starlight Hotel, losing its edge in the international luxury hotel market. They

admitted. "If you hadn't brought

all. With so many rivals in the mix, nobody

into it. Darcy's currently managing a convenience chain hotel, while Dennis was abroad, running his Barlow Hotel. Looks like they've

Crawley, did you stumble upon something?" Kent couldn't help but ask,

hunch someone's looking to stir up trouble with the Zenithan-style

at Brandon,

gut feeling, no proof yet," Brandon said, turning to Kent. "Keep a close watch on the construction site, and we've got to swap out the building crew. Make

nodded, "Got it, I'll get