The next day, Elysian Design Department.
Today, there were still only three people in the office. Sunny Hale was getting more familiar and comfortable with the environment here. She even came up with a lot of design inspirations and completed quite a few designs throughout the day.
Nina Sinclair, seeing this, felt that getting Sunny on board was the right decision.
Last night, she and Julian Lancaster had just set a plan to buy a house. She needed to work harder, at least to win over Heidi Leighton in their competition. Only then could her position be more secure.
Thus, Nina quickly immersed herself in work.
Once busy, the day went by quickly.
At the end of the day, Sunny Hale approached Nina Sinclair, somewhat embarrassed, and asked, "Manager Sinclair, do you have some free time tonight?"
"Hmm?" Nina looked up, puzzled at her.
Sunny, a bit hesitantly, said, "I want to invite you over to my place for dinner, to thank you for your help during this time. If it weren’t for you, perhaps I’d still be hounded by creditors, or maybe already caught by them."
Thinking of the consequences of being caught by those with no moral bottom line, one hardly needs to guess.
Sunny thought for a moment and added, "You can bring your husband too."
Nina worried that if she went to Sunny’s for dinner, Julian would be alone without food, so this was the perfect opportunity to bring him along.
"Wait a moment, let me call him."
Nina walked over to the conference room and dialed Julian Lancaster’s number.
The phone rang briefly before someone picked up. Julian’s deep, magnetic voice sounded in her ear, "Nina, what’s up?"
"Well, Sunny said she wants to invite us for dinner. Are you free now? We can go to her place to have dinner, so we won’t have to cook tonight."
There was a brief silence on the other end of the line, "I’m at the hospital right now."
"You’re visiting Marcus again?"
Nina was slightly surprised, not expecting Julian to have such a good relationship with his colleague.
"Yes, I planned to visit him and then pick you up from work. Should I head back now?"
"No need, it’s just perfect that Sunny’s apartment is right next to the hospital. We’ll buy some groceries first, and then I’ll find you so we can go to Sunny’s together."
Julian did not object, and they decided on this plan.
After coming out, Nina told Sunny that they would go home first, and then she would go get Julian and head to Sunny’s.
They called Millie Langley together, and the three of them headed to Sunny’s place.
After buying quite a lot of ingredients at the nearby market, Nina had Millie and Sunny go ahead while she went to the hospital to pick up Julian.
Nina saw Marcus Walsh at the hospital.
He was much better today; aside from his face which was still bruised and swollen, his leg was healing after surgery.
"The doctor probably told you to eat bland food and avoid spicy stuff. Coincidentally, my friends and I are dining nearby, so I’ll bring some food over for you later."
Marcus, hearing this, looked at Nina with excitement, his eyes full of emotion.
Did he hear it wrong?
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Marcus cautiously glanced at Julian, afraid he might be upset, but his expression was very calm, showing no sign of dissatisfaction.
Actually, Julian didn’t mind at all.
Nina mentioned that Sunny’s house was nearby, so it was no trouble.
Marcus: "Rea... really will bring me food?"
"Yes, after we finish eating at my friend’s place, we’ll pack some for you and bring it over."
Marcus, who had no family since childhood, had some innate aversion to outside food, never expecting Nina would offer to bring him a meal.
"Thank you, Manager... oh!" Marcus was so excited that he accidentally strained his injury, grimacing in pain.
Nina hurriedly said, "Don’t move too much."
Did she just think she heard him say thank you, manager’s wife?