'Wine doesn't taste good. Candy is sweet?' he wondered.

Barclay lowered his eyelids, lost in thought for a moment, then directed his attention to the corkscrew in his hand, and returned the unopened bottle to its place.

After completing this task, he returned to his previous position, sat back down, and reached into her palm to grab a piece of candy.

He unwrapped the candy, raised it to his mouth, and popped it in.

The moment the soft candy touched his tongue, a slight sourness spread instantly across his taste buds, followed by the full-bodied aroma of mango in his mouth.

He bit into the soft candy, and the sweetness immediately overpowered the earlier sourness.

'Yep, she is right. It's sweet,' he thought to himself.

However, he wanted to push his luck a bit.

Barclay turned his head to the side and looked at Moira, who had been watching him the whole time. "Not sweet enough, a bit sour."

"Huh?"

The mango candy is

and just looked at the highball glass in her

a sip earlier, and now there was still half a glass of

that look in Barclay's eyes, it seemed like he would

glanced at the two empty wine bottles beside her, then shook her head

the highball glass and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before downing the

rich aroma reminded her that it was a good

went

Barclay shifted his gaze and swallowed the last bit of candy in

against the wine cabinet behind him, and said nothing

Barclay had definitely taken an unprecedented blow

come to the wine cellar to

It's hard to imagine anything could hurt him like this. Could it be trouble in his love life? I haven't heard anything about entanglements. Could it be Mr. Covington's recent ave betrayal by a friend? It doesn't seem likely. Barclay's friends all seem reputable. If it's not because of friendship or love, then it must be family..." Moira

Eric coming over not long ago, threatening her to divorce Baronet Or else

Barclay is his son! Eric wouldn't be that unreasonable, would

but couldn't figure

much insight

and looked

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