"Oh, what are you saying, Mr. Lawrence?"

Pax then smiled and chugged the glass as everyone watched, and he showed it to them like Frank did. "You really don't trust me, huh?"

"No way." Frank smiled in turn.

With that, all suspicions around the room vaporized, and things turned lively around the table.

Cid drank the most as the men clink glasses endlessly, even blurting nonsense that left everyone laughing.

Ned's pretty boy valets even started dancing.

Though Ned obviously tried to talk chatting up Frank repeatedly, Frank always had an excuse to give him the slip, leaving him exasperated.

Then, just as the bottle of white wine was almost finished, Pax burped and rose to his feet, wobbling as he chuckled, "I'm gonna need the washroom.”

"Wait."

well, drunkenness showing on his face as he smiled. "You can go... after you take off

chuckled and looked around pointedly, mumbling, "Are you drunk, Mr. Lawrence? Taking

are carrying something that really

he feigned composure and leveled a pointed look at Ned. "Huh... So you and Mr.

"Not really.”

play along as Pax was trying to change the

pocket, and Pax's face fell right then. "Hey!" Frank was sneering in turn, waving the box of yellow powder. "Nervebreaker, huh? So you have ties

to his feet

as well and leapt up while glaring at Pax—so he really was

as he had an idea, "Oh, silly old me. You boys know how many enemies I made over the years. I have to carry this around to take

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