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.

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

background for your

documents from his assistant and read them several times, his brows

furrowed.

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

details were available, not even regarding

someone in this world that my genius

sense his employer’s doubts and

Maverick closed 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

to the long windows in his office and lit a cigarette,

a dinner meeting tonight, which was

“Yes.”

directors from Grandeur Group

drink during their three rounds of

off six bottles of

despite the amount of liquor she had drunk, which added

even as she struggled to

a heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are

about to

and downed it when the others stopped pouring liquor for

smile so

no choice but to bow

truly a sight which they had to see to

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

turned to Suzanna, signaling her to fix

to drink one more glass of wine, they would

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

given her a packet of odorless, colorless

glances with Peter, who caught her

have you seen the production plan for our upcoming

he took out some documents and handed them to Gwendolyn, explaining. “This is the latest version. Why don’t you take a

to receive the documents

of glass shattering

knocked Gwendolyn’s wine

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

colleague suspiciously but did not stop her

glass, which she filled with red wine