Meanwhile.
Jude Langley and Roman Rhodes had just finished speaking.
From behind them in the lounge area, Sylvia Sterling's teasing voice drifted over. "What did you want to tell me?"
Jude Langley and Roman Rhodes exchanged a glance.
Then, Jude stood up, took Sylvia's hand, and led her outside. "Let's talk out there."
In the lush garden outside the hotel's atrium.
Jude Langley casually tossed his cigarette into an ashtray bin.
A rare look of conflict crossed his face.
Seeing this, Sylvia Sterling spoke up first. "Is this about Jace Sheffield's wedding?"
Jude Langley raised a thick eyebrow in surprise. "You know?"
"Mhm." Sylvia smiled naturally. "Oakhaven isn't far from Calderin. I heard about it a few days ago."
Jude Langley's heart tightened. "I wasn't trying to hide it from you."
"I know." Sylvia looked back at him and smiled. "Is that what you were conflicted about just now?"
Jude Langley's silence was a tacit admission.
