The next day, Wednesday.
The first rays of morning sun bathed the earth.
The Qixi Festival, Chinese Valentine's Day, arrived right on schedule.
Stella Sterling had been exhausted last night. After a long phone call with Claire Shawcross, she'd gotten home, taken a shower, and fallen right asleep.
So when she suddenly startled awake in the morning, her hand instinctively reached for her phone.
There was an unread WeChat message on the screen.
It was from Roman Rhodes.
"Still busy?"
The timestamp was 10:30 last night.
Stella Sterling rubbed her face in frustration and immediately started a video call.
It rang for a long time.
When the call finally connected, Stella Sterling was quick to scan the background on the other end.
It looked like… the office at Rhodes Harbor Headquarters.
Stella Sterling's heart skipped a beat.
She glanced at the top-right corner of the screen. 7:30 in the morning. 'He's already at the office?'
