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!”
more and more heated. Stefan’s thick eyebrows were slightly knitted as he was
game
“Five!”
five fingers in
out two
in another, while Stefan
like a child. “I’m sorry, but
Mr. Hunt! Now drink!”
Stefan asked, visibly
ago when he was contemplating whether or not he should go easy on Renee,
dared to utter a word. After all, they knew that it must have been humiliating for a grown man to lose to a woman in
to pour him another glass of wine. He gulped it down in one go and told Renee, “Let’s
damsel in distress, telling Stefan, “You really are every bit the gentleman they say you are, Mr. Hunt! Thank you
just now,
have to
said nothing. It was just a coincidence, he told himself. What happened just now must have been a coincidence! All he had to do now
second round
this round proved to be even more baffling, as Stefan quickly lost after only
turns.
drink another
then went on to play a third round, then a
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