Chapter 4

At the Monday morning department meeting, Ruby dropped a bombshell.

She announced, "Zimmer Enterprise has extended a cooperation invitation, specifically requesting the design team for our Galaxy Bay project." Her sharp gaze swept across the conference room before settling on me. "Stella, do you know Yale?"

The conference room went dead silent in a heartbeat, every eye locked on me. Without realizing it, my fingers gripped the edge of my notebook, twisting it nervously.

I answered honestly, "Not exactly acquainted. He reached out to me last week, and I suggested he go through the official collaboration channels."

Ruby arched an…