Wooing My Ex-Wife

Chapter 31 Heavyweight Drinker Suzanna’s smile froze at Gwendolyn’s question, but she quickly composed herself and smiled even more brightly.

She pulled Gwendolyn aside and whispered, “These directors are influential figures in Grandeur Group.

One word from any of them would make or break our artists‘ casting opportunities in the drama.

So try not to upset them, Ms. Shalders.

” Gwendolyn nodded expressionlessly in response.

They returned to the table after their whispering.

Tom, Harry, and Peter had not stopped staring at Gwendolyn since she entered the private room.

Gwendolyn wanted to throw up under their lustful stares.

Tom was the first to speak up.

“Ms. Shalders, you’re really as pretty as the rumors say.

You’ve got a great figure too.

” “You’re too generous.

The three of you are truly exceptional and successful,” replied Gwendolyn obligingly.

Suzanna quickly invited everyone to take their seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your first business meeting since joining the company, Ms. Shalders.

Please allow me to toast to a successful deal.

” As she spoke, she pushed a glass of red wine into Gwendolyn’s hand.

Gwendolyn swirled the liquor around the glass and sniffed the bouquet elegantly.

“Hmm, a 1982 Château Lafite Rothschild.

What an excellent wine.

” She smiled and clinked glasses with Suzanna before polishing off the wine in a single gulp.

Harry jumped in to flatter Gwendolyn, praising, “Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take you for a wine aficionado.

You can hold your drinks well too.

How utterly charming.

I hope you’ll accept my toast as well.

” “Aren’t we discussing the casting for Grandeur Group’s drama project? Why haven’t any of you brought the subject up?” asked Gwendolyn.

Calmly, one of the directors replied, “Of course, we’ll get to it, but we should have a few glasses and relax before getting down to serious business.

I’m sure you understand how this works, don’t you, Ms. Shalders?” They smiled at Gwendolyn and raised their glasses at her.

Gwendolyn did not put off their requests and downed glass after glass of wine.

Meanwhile, Noah knocked on the door to the CEO’s office at Wright Construction Group.

He entered the room and politely handed a dossier on Gwendolyn’s background to Maverick.

“Boss, our men have investigated her three times.

This is the final, organized information we have on her background for your review,” Maverick received the documents from his assistant and read them several times, his brows slightly furrowed.

At first glance, Gwendolyn’s background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her life before she was fifteen years old.

There was only a line about her coming from an orphanage.

No other details were available, not even regarding when she was first brought to the orphanage.

Is there actually someone in this world that my genius hackers can’t investigate? Noah seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do you want them to dig deeper?” “No.

” Maverick closed the dossier and placed it on a stack of documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us.

We’ll just be wasting our efforts investigating her.

The only thing that’s certain is that her background isn’t as simple as it seeMs. ” He strolled to the long windows in his office and lit a cigarette, his gaze dark and thoughtful.

Noah checked Maverick’s schedule on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was booked a week ago.

Are you going?” “Yes.

” Suzanna and the three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn at their business meeting.

Gwendolyn had not refused a drink during their three rounds of toasts.

The party promptly polished off six bottles of red wine.

Gwendolyn’s cheeks were mildly flushed despite the amount of liquor she had drunk, which added to her allure.

Her gaze, however, remained lucid.

Suzanna was frustrated, even as she struggled to keep a clear head.

I didn’t expect her to be a heavyweight at drinking.

Even the directors are getting tipsy.

How is she perfectly fine? Everyone was about to collapse at the table.

To her surprise, Gwendolyn refilled her glass with red wine and downed it when the others stopped pouring liquor for her.

Then, she shot her dinner companions a smile so beatific it bordered on a taunt.

choice but to bow to her

was truly a sight which they had

“Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor

hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her

wine, they would surely collapse

gritted her

was no longer an

packet of odorless, colorless powder to guarantee the

Peter, who caught her hint and smiled at

the production plan for our upcoming male protagonist drama?” While he spoke, he took out some documents and handed them to

the latest

us know your top picks for

of glass shattering

wine glass

my God, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean

must be kind of

you a fresh glass of wine,” Gwendolyn eyed her colleague suspiciously

which she filled

with Peter and quickly raised their glasses to toast

not accept their toast and said, “There’s no

the last drink to close

not understand what she was getting at but

“Of course, of course.

lady

are some potential issues

stood and carried the documents with her,

were positively hypnotized by her svelte

atop two neighboring wine glasses before giving

attention to what she had

her suggestions, eager to get

opportunity to

done talking business, let’s

no longer rejected the toast and lightly

no

room downed their glasses

of the red wine

the glass to

a moment of hesitation, she finished her drink in

later, her

fuzzy, and she

in triumph, their

his dinner meeting, Maverick left the private dining room to visit

and on his

a second look and recognized the woman; she had been showing off her BMW to Gwendolyn in the

interested in eavesdropping, Maverick turned

he overheard some alarming words

directors to

prioritize me in your future business

worry about

won’t forget

to the private dining room where the unconscious

someone grabbed

question, but she quickly composed herself

and whispered, “These directors are influential

would make or break our artists‘ casting opportunities in

not to upset them,

nodded

returned to the table after their

staring at

up under their

the first to

as pretty

a great

” “You’re too generous.

of you are truly exceptional

invited everyone to take their seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your first

to toast to

she pushed a glass of red wine

around the glass and sniffed the bouquet

a 1982

What an excellent wine.

with Suzanna before

to flatter Gwendolyn, praising, “Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take

hold your drinks

How utterly charming.

you’ll accept my

Grandeur Group’s drama project? Why haven’t

course, we’ll get to it, but we should have a few glasses and relax before getting down to

Ms. Shalders?” They smiled at Gwendolyn and raised their

did not put off their requests and downed glass

Noah knocked on the door to the CEO’s office at

the room and politely handed a dossier on Gwendolyn’s background

have investigated her

we have on her background for your review,” Maverick received the documents from his assistant and

background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her life before she was fifteen years

was only a line about her coming

other details were available, not even regarding

investigate? Noah seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do

a stack of documents in his office,

be wasting

background isn’t as simple as it seeMs. ” He strolled to the long windows in his office and lit a cigarette,

asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting

Are you going?” “Yes.

the three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn at

a drink during