The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 31

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.

have investigated her three times. This is the

background for your

from his assistant and read them several times,

furrowed.

seemed perfectly ordinary until it came

orphanage. No other details were available,

someone in this world that my

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

the dossier and placed it on a stack of 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 thing that’s certain is that her background isn’t as

in his office and lit a cigarette,

“Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was

“Yes.”

three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting

a drink during their three rounds

off six bottles of

of liquor she had drunk, which added to

was frustrated, even as she struggled

at drinking. Even the directors are getting tipsy. How

was about to collapse at the

her surprise, Gwendolyn refilled her glass with red wine and

a smile so beatific

no choice but

which they had

If that’s too much liquor to

raised her

Suzanna, signaling her to fix the

they would surely

gritted her teeth in annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn with alcohol was no longer

of

glances with Peter, who caught her hint and smiled at

production plan for

latest

stood up to receive the

sound of glass shattering

knocked Gwendolyn’s wine glass

apologized profusely, “Oh my God, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it, Ms. Shalders. I must

eyed her colleague suspiciously but did not stop her

with a new wine glass, which she filled with red

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