'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?"

suddenly awkward. "I'm sorry. The mango candy

say anything and just looked at the highball

a sip earlier, and now there was

in Barclay's eyes, it seemed like

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

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

aroma reminded her that it was a good bottle

it went to

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

closed his eyes, leaning back against the wine cabinet behind him,

had

man like Barclay come

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 pondered

her to divorce Baronet Or else he would kick Barclay

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

racked her brains but couldn't figure out why Barclay

much insight into

cleared her mind and looked at Barclay beside her once

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