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    “Sylvia, don’t let it get to you,” Sandra said once they were back at the desk. “Even if Nina gets the equipment, it doesn’t mean she’s going to outshine us.” She assumed Ste was leaving because she was ticked off by Nina’s dramatic entrance.


    But Ste didn’t say anything. She sat down, powered on herptop, and started searching for the distributor’s address.


    Sandra leaned over, puzzled. “Why are you looking up the distributor’s location?”


    Ste didn’t take her eyes off the screen as she answered Sandra, “I’ll find out where they are and go there myself.”


    Sandra nodded at first and said, “Oh,” but then it hit her. “Wait, did you just say you’re going there in person?”


    She couldn’t believe her ears. The distributor probably wasn’t even in Choria. Was Ste really nning to travel to another city for this?


    Ste stayed calm and nodded. “Yeah, the distributor’s in nce. It’s about two hours by train. I’m going tomorrow.”


    Since it wasn’t that far, Ste figured she could go and return the same day. The only thing she wasn’t sure about was whether they’d actually hand over the equipment she needed.


    Still, she felt it was worth taking a chance. Sitting around wondering wouldn’t get her anywhere.


    Sandra thought for a moment and said, “Then let mee with you.”


    Ste looked at her and shook her head. “No need. You stay and help Elbert and the team sort out the research data. I won’t be gone long.”


    Sandra saw she couldn’t change Ste’s mind, so she nodded. She’d stay behind to manage the experiments with the others while waiting for Ste to return.


    The next morning, Ste took the day off and boarded the earliest train to nce.


    The weather in nce was totally different. The moment Ste stepped off the train, a wave of thick, humid heat hit her, making her break into a sweat—something that hardly ever happened.


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    She didn’t waste any time. After checking into her hotel and dropping off her bags, she headed straight out and gged down a cab to the distributor’s office, not even pausing for a sip of water.


    The staff at thepany understood why she was there and showed her to a lounge while they went to get their boss.


    Sitting on the soft sofa, Ste looked around. The ce was super fancy; even the cab handles looked like they were covered in gold.


    As she was trying to guess if the gold was real or fake, the lounge door opened. A man stepped in, wearing a crisp shirt and fitted ck pants that showed off his tall, lean build.


    His wavy hair was a bit long and fell loosely at the nape of his neck, soft and fluffy—reminding Ste, oddly enough, of a gentle sheepdog.


    She figured it must feel nice to run her hand through it…


    Realizing she’d drifted off, she quickly snapped back to reality, stood up, and reached out her hand. “Hello, I’m Sylvia Gilbert, a researcher from the Choria Research Institute.”


    Rutherford Schoenberg nced at the woman in front of him and politely shook her hand. “Hello. Did you travel all the way from Choria today for something important?”


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