Chapter 64

The knock on the door was from the waiter, who was bringing the wine.

Isabella couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief as the conversation moved

past the previous topic due to the interruption.

“Miss Symons, here’s the wine you ordered.”

The waiter skillfully uncorked the bottle, poured it into a decanter, and then

filled their glasses.

Isabella glanced at the label and frowned immediately.

“Has this wine been opened?”

The waiter shook his head. “No. It’s our homemade wine.”

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Isabella’s intuition blared a warning, telling her that this waiter was lying. Plus,

she found the bottle familiar as it resembled the one she had opened with

Seth during a dinner a few months ago. There was only about this much left

from that time.

She was worried that Gordon might notice. So, she didn’t press the matter

further. Instead, she raised her glass and toasted Gordon.

“Mr. Dunkstein, thanks for your help last time.”

Gordon smirked before downing the glass in one go. “This is a good wine.”

Isabella felt a little guilty. So, she forced a smile and lightly sipped from her

glass.

The wine had a rich taste and delicate aroma.

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She had only taken a sip. Nonetheless, she only needed that one taste to

confirm her suspicions. She was almost certain it was the Latour that was

personally opened by Courtney back then.

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Damn! Was Seth back?

He would stay in Lawdom for at least two

there’s no way

Red House.

becoming chaotic

red wine. The rich fragrance slid down her

her feel like she was under intense

her discomfort.

away. So, he couldn’t help but probe

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seen through him.

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her head and said, “It’s nothing. The

break.”

upon hearing her words. Nevertheless,

he started tapping the table

“How about some dessert?”

the wine aside and forced

her face. “Sure.”

about to ring the bell, Gordon said, “I ordered some when I

earlier. They should be

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“Okay.”

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didn’t think much and took a bite of

affected as she couldn’t help but

behind the red wine.

ice cream.

in front of her.

glancing up

made her

took a deep breath, told herself not to overthink it, and

ice cream is really

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large portion as

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once to calm her frayed nerves. She didn’t

due to

cream entered her mouth,

not overwhelming taste. She couldn’t help but breathe

herself gaining some of her

Gordon couldn’t help

and swallowed a large mouthful of ice

“What’s wrong?”

seemed like she

his feet.

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felt a bit confused. “I’m

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another spoonful of ice cream and

was thoroughly

watched her eat spoon after spoon and felt increasingly

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