Adam believed he got himself into a losing battle.

It should not take more than a piece of cake to deal with this coy

woman

To Adam, Emmeline was a foolish girl he could push over.

She would throw herself at him at the sound of his command.

Alas, this did not seem to be the

case.

The server brought the spirits out first.

A label indicating that it was 64% pure alcohol was plastered across the two alcoholic beverages.

Adam could bet his money that

less than a handful of Imperial Palace’s customers had ever seen alcohol of this kind.

Emmeline picked up a bottle and popped the cork.

A thick, refreshing aroma

enveloped them.

“This is the stuff!” Emmeline

gasped in glee.

Taking after Emmeline, Adam

popped the cork.

60%

“Achoo!” Adam sneezed.

closer look at the bottle, tempting

strong

He was a man!

was all man while the alcohol

had been a while since he

You’re going down, Emmeline!

the food to the

***

bucket of hot piping stuffed mushrooms and

his

looking at the food.

have a

show of respect.” Emmeline

took his

another word, Emmeline threw her head back and downed big

bottom of the bottle slamming on the table, Emmeline wiped

across her sleeve.

was taken

supposed

it a thought before downing two large

some

was for sure.

at

Emmeline showed Adam a spoonful

and waved his

it? Why did you order it then?” Emmeline

have the salad instead.” Adam picked the

won’t.” Emmeline

be told, Adam was intimidated by

looked delicate, but the way she carried herself was a stark difference from the impression she gave

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