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

for your

from his assistant and read

furrowed.

seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her life before she was fifteen years

from an orphanage. No other details were available, not even regarding when she was first brought

world that my genius hackers

sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do you

deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll

office and lit a

Maverick’s schedule on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a

“Yes.”

three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn

drink

party promptly polished off six bottles of

of liquor she had drunk, which added

she struggled

to be a heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are getting tipsy.

was about to collapse at

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

her dinner companions a smile so beatific it bordered on a

but to bow

truly a sight which they had to

tables on them and asked, “Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor to handle, perhaps it’s

raised her glass to toast

hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her to fix the

glass of wine, they would surely collapse

annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn

packet of odorless, colorless powder to

exchanged glances with Peter, who caught her hint and smiled

production plan for our upcoming male

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

up to receive the

of glass shattering filled the

knocked Gwendolyn’s wine glass

so sorry! I didn’t mean it, Ms. Shalders. I must be kind of tipsy. Let me get you a fresh glass

colleague suspiciously but did not stop her from

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