Chapter 66: Ride the Hype Train
** Harper **
It wasn’t until days later that Harper got the reference of "more good news to come".
"Have you heard the rumors yet?" Lindsey said mysteriously while they waited for their takeout order during lunch break. "The investors meeting last week supposedly went super well. They’ve proceeded to talking with the legal and finance teams now."
"Really?" Harper looked up from her phone, where she was busy replying to the new comments she received on her web novel. Her latest Chapters inspired by last weekend had apparently turned out to be an explosive success, and she wished she could more easily split her limited hours of the day between working, writing, and chatting with her readers.
"Yeah, I’m sure the official announcement won’t be out until something is signed on paper, but people have been whispering. It’ll be a huge deal once this goes through. For a company our size, Sterling Trust is as big as it gets for an investor, which means this will bring lots of money and potential projects. Everyone is getting giddy about the good news."
So that was what Eli’s text was referring to — Harper had simply taken the "good news to come" as a generic wish of good luck, not an insider’s scoop of intel. Why didn’t he just say it directly?
"Wow. That’s a huge deal indeed." Harper tucked her phone away and took in the information. "Time to start pitching all those dream proposals you saved at the bottom of your drawer?"
Lindsey chuckled. "Nah, not this time. I’ve got better plans. I think I’ll just ride the hype train and join your project instead. Remember how swept away the investors were during the presentation? I bet it’s going to get prioritized a ton, and I want to be the first one to get my hands on it — the first one after you, that is."
"... You want to help?" Harper’s eyes probably just lit up like a glowing lightbulb. Lindsey’s technical skills were solid, and the two of them had always worked well together. She’d never expected to have Lindsey on her team though, since they both had enough projects of their own, but seeing it happen would be amazing.