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Because he was respecting the boundaries that she set pretty clear out with him, when she told him that she was going to Montana to be with Laura. She made it clear to him in Bradley's way, she wanted to be with Laura.

Also it was that time period...before her mom past, Bradley went public with her relationship with Laura on LIVE TV...so why would he want to interfere with that. It was safe to assume from that she was getting support and love from Laura, and if he reached out everyone would be accusing him of being weird and creepy and taking advantage of her in a vulnerable position. Also at that point it's safe to assume neither had spoken in months and she showed on The Morning that she was happy with Laura. He was also in the same headspace not long after being with Salma.

Even if it was good time to reach out to her and Bradley probably would have welcomed that. He probably felt best not to...

He was returning to the boundary of boss employee relationship, which he assumed was what she wanted. When Bradley said to him that they were "both out of their minds" that night looking for Hal....That's what CORY grasped from that....(I AM not defending him in general... he's far from perfect, but this is what they showed us on screen). So taking all of that in mind upon hearing about Bradley's mother's death, he thought that it was best to give Bradley her space, so he thought the flowers from UBA team was what would be more appropriate. That makes sense from work POV.

prefers forthright wickedness 

to phony virtue. 

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