'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

anything and just looked at the

taken a sip

seemed like he would

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

her sentence, she lifted the highball glass and closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before downing the entire glass in one go. After finishing

it was a

it went to waste.' she

left." Barclay shifted his gaze and

against the wine cabinet behind him, and

feeling like Barclay had definitely

Barclay come to the wine cellar

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

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

wouldn't be

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

didn't have much insight into Barclay's

her mind and looked at Barclay

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