Chapter 183 ;

• In the restaurant, the assistant watched as Eloise Thompson and the others left, their president's face already sunken, but he remained in his seat impassively.
• The assistant was puzzled until after Eloise Thompson had left and Hector Rogers was continuing to talk to the client.
• Throughout the process, the client was on tenterhooks, fearful of offending Hector Rogers if he was not careful. Once the meal broke up and they left the restaurant, Hector Rogers spoke up and instructed his assistant, "Go and find out what's going on?"