'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?"

awkward. "I'm sorry. The mango candy is a bit

say anything and just looked at the highball glass in her hand.

gaze, Moira glanced at her own glass. She had only taken a sip

eyes, it seemed like he would

at the two empty wine bottles beside

glass and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before downing the entire glass in one go.

aroma reminded her that it was a good

bad it went to waste.'

the highball glass. "I'm done, not a drop left." Barclay shifted his gaze and swallowed the

against the wine cabinet behind him, and said nothing

Barclay had definitely taken an unprecedented blow

would a proud man like Barclay come to the wine cellar to drown his sorrows

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 pondered in her

ago, threatening her to divorce Baronet Or else he would kick Barclay out of the position

son! Eric wouldn't be

couldn't figure out why Barclay

didn't have much insight into Barclay's

looked

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