Chapter 139
“If you really are allergic to alcohol,” Stefan told Renee snidely, “it’s not too late to back out.”
His sole purpose was to make her realize the difficulty that came with her new position and give up, not to harm her in any way.
But Renee kept on pretending to be a pitiful young girl and replied, “It’s okay. I just want to prove my sincerity in front of everyone.”
What a silly and stubborn woman! Now that his patience was exhausted, Stefan held his head high and declared, “Let’s begin, then.”
Everyone held their breath and subconsciously stepped back a little to quietly observe the game.
They decided on the simplest iteration of the game. In truth, Stefan, being the serious and austere man that he was, rarely ever played the finger-guessing game. When he did, it was. only for fun when he was hanging out with Christopher and Xavier. He knew that his skills in the game were nothing to write home about, but he was sure that he could defeat a naive little
rabbit like Renee with ease.
To everyone’s surprise, Renee was miraculously holding on in the game.
“Five!”
“Fifteen!”
“Twenty!”
Stefan’s thick eyebrows were slightly knitted as he was forced to focus
game
“Five!”
out five fingers in
two closed
fist in another, while Stefan
and laughed like a child.
Mr. Hunt! Now drink!”
lost?” Stefan asked,
had only been seconds ago when he was contemplating whether or not he should go easy on
utter a word. After all, they knew that it must have been
Stefan ordered Elijah to pour him another glass of wine. He gulped it down in one go and told
a smile and pretended to be the grateful damsel in distress, telling Stefan, “You really are every bit the gentleman
just now,
this time. You don’t have to go easy on me anymore, just play to
was just a coincidence, he told himself. What happened just now
round
this round proved to be even more baffling, as
turns.
to drink another glass,
third round, then
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