Hearing what Alice had said, Mr. Scott immediately set the glass down in front of Luna. “Here you go, Ms. Luna.“

Luna frowned and glanced at the glass of liquor but made no move to pick it up. “I ‘m just an ordinary employee. Isn’t it inappropriate for me to accept a toast from you, Mr. Scott?“ She glanced at Joshua before she added, “Besides, I don’t tolerate alcohol that well. I’m afraid that I might do something stupid after I get drunk.“

Seeing how Luna glanced meaningfully at Joshua, Alice tightened her grip on his arm. “I beg to differ, Ms. Luna. Mr. Lynch has risked his life to save yours, so what makes you think you’re just an ordinary employee? Besides…“

Alice glanced at the glass that clearly contained hard liquor and sneered. Then, she lied through her teeth, “It’s just one glass. How could you get drunk from that?“

Luna smirked and looked at Joshua. “Mr. Lynch, are you sure you want me to accept this drink on your behalf?“

Joshua smiled and lifted his head to glance at Mr. Smith. “I don’t think that’s a good idea, Mr. Scott.“ He had witnessed Luna in her drunken state before, and it certainly was not pretty.

Scott refused to relent. “Mr. Lynch appears to take very good care

to put himself in harm’s way for his employee.” With that, he shot Luna a

were borderline insulting. Luna frowned and stood up abruptly. ”I ‘in going to the

she realized Luna tried to flee the scene. ”You’ve always insisted that nothing is going on between you and Joshua and that your relationship

you deliberately trying to make people think there’s something going on between you

darkened upon hearing Alice’s words. ”Alice ! ” he said sternly. He glanced at Luna, then turned around

”Mr. Lynch, what do you mean by that? We’ re about to become partners. How can you say something

collaborate with you, this gives you the right to comment on my personal

Alice’s hand,

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