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.

but to bow to

sight which they had

them and asked, “Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor to handle, perhaps it’s time

hastily turned to Suzanna,

they would surely collapse and spend their night in the private

gritted her teeth

alcohol was

before she came, Eloise had given her a packet of odorless, colorless

who caught her hint and smiled

drama?” While he spoke,

is the

your top picks for the production?” Gwendolyn

the sound of glass shattering filled the

had knocked Gwendolyn’s wine

profusely, “Oh my God, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it,

must be

you a fresh glass of wine,” Gwendolyn eyed her colleague suspiciously but did not stop her from

with a new wine glass, which she filled with red wine before

Peter and quickly raised their glasses

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

as the last drink to

understand what she was getting at but agreed

“Of course, of course.

lady wants, she

but I think there are some potential issues here,” Gwendolyn pointed out while discreetly shifting her

documents with her, leaning closer to

were positively hypnotized by

easier viewing, Gwendolyn balanced the documents atop two neighboring wine glasses

directors paid attention to

her suggestions, eager to get

the opportunity to toast Gwendolyn

Shalders, now that we’re done talking business, let’s all have

the toast and lightly

no hurry

people in the room downed their

the red

the glass

she finished her drink

seconds later, her vision

and she finally

triumph, their gazes affixed to

dinner meeting, Maverick left the private dining room to

to the private dining room, and on his way back, he spied a familiar–looking woman

been showing off her BMW to Gwendolyn in the parking lot some time

particularly interested in eavesdropping,

some alarming words in the woman’s

Zinn, please remind your fellow directors to record Gwendolyn’s face clearly in

me in

“Don’t worry about

forget

rubbed his hands greedily, impatient to return to the private dining room where the unconscious

when someone

froze at Gwendolyn’s question, but she quickly composed herself and smiled

pulled Gwendolyn aside and whispered, “These directors are influential figures

from any of them would make or break our artists‘

try not to upset them,

nodded expressionlessly in

returned to the table

staring at

up

first to speak

Shalders, you’re really as pretty as the

a great

” “You’re too generous.

you are truly exceptional and successful,” replied Gwendolyn

seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your first

me to toast

she spoke, she pushed a glass of red wine

liquor around the glass

1982 Château

What an excellent wine.

with Suzanna before polishing off the wine in a

“Ms. Shalders,

your drinks

How utterly charming.

accept my toast

Group’s drama project? Why

one of the directors replied, “Of course, we’ll get to it, but we

don’t you, Ms. Shalders?” They smiled

did not put off their requests and

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

and politely handed a dossier on Gwendolyn’s background to

our men have investigated her

have on her background for your review,” Maverick received

Gwendolyn’s background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her life

only a line about her coming from an

regarding when she was first brought

world that my genius hackers can’t investigate? Noah seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do you want them to dig

Maverick closed the dossier and placed it on a stack of documents

just be wasting

is that her background isn’t as simple as it seeMs. ” He strolled to the long windows in his

“Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was booked a

Are you going?” “Yes.

Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn at

drink during