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!”

game kept getting more and more heated. Stefan’s thick eyebrows were slightly

game

“Five!”

holding out five fingers in one hand

two

in another, while

and laughed like a child. “I’m sorry, but it looks

Mr. Hunt! Now drink!”

lost?” Stefan asked, visibly

whether or not he should go

utter a word. After all, they knew that it must have been humiliating for a grown man to lose to a woman in a

him another glass of wine. He gulped it down in one go and told Renee, “Let’s

pretended to be the grateful damsel in distress, telling Stefan, “You really are every bit the gentleman they say you are, Mr. Hunt! Thank you for going easy

just now,

both be serious this time. You don’t have to go

but he merely pursed his lips and said nothing. It was just a coincidence, he told himself. What happened just now must have been a coincidence! All he had

second round

even more baffling, as Stefan

turns.

drink another

went on to play a third round, then a fourth, then

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