'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

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,

look in Barclay's eyes, it seemed

beside her, then shook her

closed her eyes, taking a deep breath before downing the entire glass in one go. After finishing her drink,

rich aroma reminded her that it was a good bottle

bad it went to

drop left." Barclay shifted his gaze and

against the wine cabinet behind him, and said nothing

had definitely taken an

a proud man like Barclay come to the wine cellar to drown

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

not long ago, threatening her to divorce Baronet Or else he would kick Barclay out of the position of Chairman

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

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

didn't have much insight

mind and looked at Barclay beside her once

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