Chapter 122 Scheming

I know you guys drove here today, so I won’t urge you to drink alcohol. Instead, Delia, use this drink as a substitute and raise a toast to Mr. Gage,” Penny said, pulling out a large bottle of orange juice from under the table and pouring a glass for Cordelia.

Cordelia rose from her seat without hesitation and addressed Philip with a respectful tone, “Allow me to offer a toast to you, Mr. Gage, and express my sincere gratitude for this valuable opportunity.”

Philip acknowledged her gesture with a nod. He had a strange expression as he watched Cordelia finish her drink.

Just then, Emrys smiled and said, “Penny, let’s have a drink too!”

“Sure!”

with excitement. She had been hoping for

clearly something wrong

profile, he had instantly gotten perverse thoughts. A woman who looked so beautiful in minimal makeup

Philip decided to be strategic. Instead of immediately expressing his interest in her, he cleverly declined Cordelia’s initial request for a meeting, opting to set

in organizing the dinner. He purposefully portrayed himself as unenthusiastic about the gathering so that Cordelia would jump at the opportunity and potentially let her

earlier was an attempt to gauge the latter’s limits. However, it seemed that Cordelia was oblivious to the underlying intentions. Thus, Penny resorted to serving her the drugged

fronted by Penny, with

scenes.

was simply an unexpected

only after she saw him at Verdant Estate that her desire was

a point to instruct Cordelia to bring

and Cordelia having consumed the drugged beverage, the plan was

took a seat beside Emrys, deliberately

pretended not to notice her odd

short while later, Cordelia complained, “This is strange. Why is

cheeks

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