Mrs. Sterling, still angered by a past incident involving her husband Declan and a woman named Bianca, confronts the situation. She orders her assistant Joanna to lavish every female employee at Sterling Group with expensive gifts, pointedly excluding Bianca. This public snub is a calculated act of revenge against her husband, designed to test his loyalty and force a response. The episode ends with Mrs. Sterling anticipating Declan's reaction, ready to see how he will handle her deliberate provocation.