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.

This is the final, organized

for your

documents from his assistant and read them several

furrowed.

Gwendolyn’s background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her life before she was fifteen years

line about her coming from an orphanage. No other details were available, not even regarding when she

there actually someone in this world that

and asked, “Do you

on a stack of documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll

his office and lit a cigarette, his gaze

asked, “Boss, you have a

“Yes.”

three directors from Grandeur Group took turns

drink during their three

off six bottles of red

were mildly flushed despite the amount of liquor she had

frustrated, even as she struggled to keep a clear

didn’t expect her to be a heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are getting tipsy. How is she perfectly fine?

about to collapse

her surprise, Gwendolyn refilled her glass with red wine and downed it when

shot her dinner companions a smile

choice but

truly a sight which they had to see to

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

her glass to toast

Suzanna, signaling her

would surely collapse and

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

Eloise had given her a packet of odorless, colorless powder to guarantee

who caught her hint and

seen the production

“This is the latest version. Why don’t you

stood up to receive the documents from

the sound of glass shattering filled

wine glass off the

Shalders. I must be kind of tipsy. Let

suspiciously but did not

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