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!”

and more heated. Stefan’s thick eyebrows were slightly knitted as he was forced

game

“Five!”

fingers in one hand and

out two closed

in another, while Stefan

child. “I’m

Mr. Hunt! Now drink!”

Stefan asked,

been seconds ago when he was contemplating whether or not he should go easy on Renee, but now

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

Elijah to pour him another glass of wine. He gulped it down in one

stifled a smile and pretended to be the grateful damsel in distress, telling Stefan, “You really are every bit the

just now,

time. You don’t have to go easy on me anymore, just play to your

was just a coincidence, he told himself. What happened just now must have been a coincidence! All he had to do now was concentrate and play using

round soon

proved to be even more

turns.

drink another glass, Mr.

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

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