With the money from the awesome Enright House, Roark reopens his office.
His pal Austen Heller swings by and invites Roark to a cocktail party. Heller says that a dude named Joel Sutton will be there, and he's interested in hiring Roark.
Roark isn't down with parties or with courting clients, but he agrees to go since Heller is his friend.
The party is filled with lots of rich snotty people.
Dominique is there, and she meets Roark-The-Architect—as opposed to Roark-The-Dude-Who-Works-In-A-Quarry—for the first time.
It's pretty awkward, and the two act like they don't know each other.
Dominique lets slip that she finds Roark good-looking, and Toohey overhears her and jumps all over that piece of juicy gossip.