Chapter 619

The guys? She couldn’t possibly expect Robert to drink on her behalf, could she?

It was obviously meant for Frederick!

Marguerite eyed Frederick across from her, who had already laid down his knife and fork. His gaze was fixed unblinkingly on her, a silent challenge in the depths of his eyes.

She wasn’t sure how to broach the topic, but Frederick’s cool and nonchalant voice pre-empted her attempt to break the silence, addressing Robert instead.

“Your lady’s got a mind full of tricks; she needs to be set straight.”

Miley chuckled mischievously and couldn’t help but ask, “So, Mr. Winston, are you going to take one for the team and drink for Marguerite?”

His sly look fell upon Marguerite, his posture exuding an air of superiority, “Let her ask me herself.”

Post-drinks, Marguerite’s eyes were glazed with a slight buzz, but her mind was still clear.

to ask

was the most likely outcome without a

was well aware of this, so to avoid the sting of refusal, she chose not

word, her arm trembling slightly, she reached for the glass, ready to

brow, his long arm reaching out, utterly disregarding his previous stance of aloofness, and snatched the glass from Marguerite’s hand

were emptied just

and Robert showed faint signs

but she

at their wits’ end with

a tolerance for liquor! I always said you were a chivalrous man-how could you leave Marguerite in the lurch,

batting an eye, as smoothly as if it

silent

her, “Marguerite, don’t you think you owe someone a word of

Miley’s hint and thought she

in a non-sequitur response, she said, “Even if I asked, he

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