Chapter 162 In for Disappointment

Noel had a dinner engagement that evening. With the provincial hospital project underway, the Seabourke Architectural Institute received yet another assignment from the top brass—they had to transform the Seabourke Art Museum into a new landmark. As usual, the director of the institute appointed Noel to oversee the new assignment, hence the dinner engagement with the director of the Seabourke Art Museum. Inside the lounge, Noel clinked glasses with the constituents of the art museum countless times throughout dinner. Before long, they had finished a bottle of white wine. When one of the dinner guests tried to clink glasses with Noel, he accidentally knocked over the latter's glass. There was a thud and a clatter as the glass fell, followed by a string of apologies as the guest rose to get another glass and a new bottle of wine from the waiter by the entrance. Stella was grabbing dinner with her friends when she turned in the direction of the lounge door that was left ajar. She ca