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.

no choice but to

which they

the tables on them and asked, “Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor to handle, perhaps it’s time we got down to business?” She even raised her glass to

Suzanna, signaling

one more glass of wine, they would surely collapse and spend their night in

gritted her

Gwendolyn with alcohol was

given her a packet of odorless, colorless powder to

with Peter, who caught her hint and smiled

our upcoming male protagonist drama?” While he spoke, he took out some documents and

is the

picks for the production?” Gwendolyn

sound of glass shattering filled the

had knocked Gwendolyn’s wine

so sorry! I didn’t mean it, Ms.

must be kind of

eyed her colleague suspiciously but did not

with a new wine glass, which she filled with red

Peter and quickly raised their glasses

and said, “There’s no rush

the last drink to close

Peter did not understand what she was

“Of course, of course.

lady wants, she

“I’ve read through the character list, but I think there are some potential

with her, leaning

positively hypnotized by her

the documents atop two neighboring wine glasses

directors paid attention

agreed to all her suggestions, eager to get the discussion done and

opportunity to toast Gwendolyn

let’s all have a drink

longer rejected the toast and lightly clinked her wine glass with

no hurry to touch her

four people in the room downed their glasses quickly

of the red wine was

brought the glass to

hesitation, she finished her drink

later, her vision

she finally collapsed heavily

triumph, their gazes affixed

left the private dining room

and on his way back, he

and recognized the woman; she had been showing

eavesdropping, Maverick turned to

he overheard some alarming words in the

please remind your fellow directors to record Gwendolyn’s

me in your future

worry about

forget

to the private dining

someone grabbed his collar fiercely

question, but she quickly composed herself and

Gwendolyn aside and whispered, “These directors are influential figures

or break our artists‘

to upset

nodded expressionlessly

returned to the table after their

stopped staring at Gwendolyn

throw up under their

first

really as pretty as the rumors

a great

” “You’re too generous.

truly exceptional and

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

allow me to toast

a glass of red wine into Gwendolyn’s

the liquor around the glass and sniffed the

1982

What an excellent wine.

glasses with Suzanna before polishing off the wine

praising, “Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take you for

can hold your

How utterly charming.

accept my

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

but we should have a few glasses and relax before getting down

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

off their requests and downed glass

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

the room and politely handed a

our men have

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

it came to her life before she was fifteen

only a line about her coming

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

it on a stack of documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately

just be wasting our efforts investigating

it seeMs. ” He strolled to the

schedule on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was booked a week

Are you going?” “Yes.

three directors from Grandeur Group took turns

drink during