'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?"

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

and just looked at the highball glass in her hand. "Aren't

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

in Barclay's eyes, it seemed like he would

two empty wine bottles beside her, then shook her head quickly.

highball glass and 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

aroma reminded her that it

it went to

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

back against the wine cabinet behind him, and

sighed, feeling like Barclay had

man like Barclay come to the wine

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

long ago, threatening her to divorce Baronet Or

Eric wouldn't be that unreasonable, would he?" Moira

racked her brains but couldn't figure out why Barclay

have much insight

her mind and looked at

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