'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?"

"I'm sorry. The mango candy

didn't say anything and just looked at the highball glass in her

glass. She had only taken a sip earlier, and now there was still

eyes, it seemed like he

wine bottles beside her, then shook her head quickly. "No,

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

that it

went to

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

against the wine cabinet behind him, and said nothing

Barclay had

proud man like Barclay come to the wine cellar to drown

about entanglements. Could it be Mr. Covington's recent ave betrayal

Or else he would kick Barclay out of the position of

wouldn't be that unreasonable,

racked her brains but couldn't figure out why Barclay was so

have much insight

mind and looked at Barclay beside her once

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