The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 31 Heavyweight Drinker

Suzanna’s smile froze at Gwendolyn’s question, but she quickly composed herself and smiled even more brightly.

She pulled Gwendolyn aside and whispered, “These directors are influential figures in Grandeur Group. One word from any of them would make or break our artists‘ casting opportunities in the drama. So try not to upset them, Ms. Shalders.”

Gwendolyn nodded expressionlessly in response.

They returned to the table after their whispering.

Tom, Harry, and Peter had not stopped staring at Gwendolyn since she entered the private room. Gwendolyn wanted to throw up under their lustful stares.

Tom was the first to speak up. “Ms. Shalders, you’re really as pretty as the rumors say. You’ve got a great figure too.”

“You’re too generous. The three of you are truly exceptional and successful,” replied Gwendolyn obligingly.

Suzanna quickly invited everyone to take their seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your first business meeting since joining the company, Ms. Shalders. Please allow me to toast to a successful deal.”

As she spoke, she pushed a glass of red wine into Gwendolyn’s hand.

Gwendolyn swirled the liquor around the glass and sniffed the bouquet elegantly. “Hmm, a 1982 Château Lafite Rothschild. What an excellent wine.”

She smiled and clinked glasses with Suzanna before polishing off the wine in a single gulp.

Harry jumped in to flatter Gwendolyn, praising, “Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take you for a wine aficionado. You can hold your drinks well too. How utterly charming. I hope you’ll accept my toast as well.”

“Aren’t we discussing the casting for Grandeur Group’s drama project? Why haven’t any of you brought the subject up?” asked Gwendolyn.

Calmly, one of the directors replied, “Of course, we’ll get to it, but we should have a few glasses and relax before getting down to serious business. I’m sure you understand how this works, don’t you, Ms. Shalders?”

They smiled at Gwendolyn and raised their glasses at her.

Gwendolyn did not put off their requests and downed glass after glass of wine.

Meanwhile, Noah knocked on the door to the CEO’s office at Wright Construction Group.

He entered the room and politely handed a dossier on Gwendolyn’s background to Maverick.

men have investigated her three times. This is the final, organized information

background for

and read them several times, his

furrowed.

Gwendolyn’s background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to

from an orphanage. No other details

this world that

seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do you want them to

documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll just be wasting our efforts investigating her. The only

strolled to the long windows in his office and lit a

checked Maverick’s schedule on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was booked a

“Yes.”

three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting

refused a drink during

promptly polished off six

amount of liquor she had drunk, which added to her allure. Her

frustrated, even as she struggled to keep a

at drinking. Even the

about to

her glass with red wine and downed it when the others stopped pouring liquor for

her dinner companions a smile so beatific it bordered

no choice but to bow

was truly a sight which they had

the tables on them and asked, “Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too

her glass to toast

hastily turned to Suzanna,

would surely collapse and spend their night in the private dining

Plying Gwendolyn with alcohol was

packet of odorless, colorless powder to guarantee the

Peter, who caught her

Shalders, have you seen the production plan for our upcoming male

to Gwendolyn, explaining. “This is the latest version. Why

to receive the

the sound of glass shattering filled the

Gwendolyn’s wine

mean it, Ms. Shalders. I must be kind of

colleague suspiciously but did not stop

a new wine glass, which she filled with red wine before