After Jude Langley left.
Sylvia Sterling gazed at the invitation in her hand, her gloomy mood suddenly lifting.
'Could this be what they call being unlucky in love but lucky in your career?'
Sylvia sat back down at her desk, picked up the pear soup, and took a sip. It was sweet but not cloying, and it really did seem to release a little dopamine.
...
After finishing her overtime work that evening,
Sylvia didn't go back to Waterside Gardens. Instead, she went to the Sterling Family home on Crescent Lane.
In the living room.
Mr. Sterling was soaking his feet. Seeing Sylvia, he asked in surprise, "What made you decide to come home tonight?"
Sylvia said, "I have to go to a partner's company tomorrow morning, and it's closer from here."
Mr. Sterling didn't suspect anything and brought up the matter of the raw material quote from the Channing Factory.
"Let's put the collaboration with Channing on hold for now. Your project team doesn't need to coordinate with them anymore."
