'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

the highball glass in her hand.

a sip earlier, and now there

Barclay's eyes, it seemed like he would drink

empty wine bottles beside her, then shook

closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before downing the entire glass in one go. After finishing her drink, she couldn't help but let out a

it was a good

went to

set down the highball glass. "I'm done, not a drop left." Barclay

back against the wine cabinet behind him, and said

sighed, feeling like Barclay had definitely taken an unprecedented blow

proud man like Barclay come to the wine cellar

in the business world. 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

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

way? Barclay is his son! Eric wouldn't be that

figure out why

didn't have much insight into Barclay's

looked at Barclay beside

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