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 behind

DNA by inviting him to lunch, she mentioned dining with Zachary in Wye City and overhearing Darcy talking with a

dinner, this Ms. Barlow guy asked Darcy how things were going, and Darcy said all was good, that the person was in place in

turnover, hardly any external recruitment each year. If it weren't for the Starlight Group launching a subsidiary and needing new blood, who knows when they'd hire next. The subsidiary he mentioned must be Star-Dempsey

had

run a background check on the new hires from

Don keep an eye on the staff, but nothing unusual

the mole, Star Dempsey Architects secretly beefed up surveillance - still nothing

only link to this so-called

Sophia, Brandon had Marian discreetly investigated. She was just padding

out early, and didn't give a hoot about work. She didn't lift a finger

cause trouble through Jerry was

been no word on those

and Dennis?" Brandon looked up

names were becoming a

once the big cheese at Starlight Hotel's Ephemora division, got the boot from Brandon for playing both sides – peddling company secrets and favoritism. Despite being one of the founding fathers of the Starlight Hotel brand, Brandon spared

whispers within the company, meant insider gossip about his betrayal never really died

job hunt was a bust. Even when he landed something, it didn't stick. Lately,

the Starlight Hotel, losing its edge in

ages since anyone mentioned those names," Kent admitted. "If you hadn't brought it up, I

With so many rivals in the mix, nobody was going to make a point of remembering those

a while back and had someone else dig into it. Darcy's currently managing a convenience chain hotel, while Dennis was abroad, running his Barlow Hotel. Looks like they've got their own lives and paths going on, no

Kent couldn't help but ask, noticing

got this hunch someone's looking to stir

looked at Brandon, taken

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 sure someone's keeping an eye on Nell too, don't want

nodded, "Got it, I'll get