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

sight which they

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 her to fix

wine, they would

gritted her teeth

with alcohol was no longer an

she came, Eloise had given her a packet of odorless, colorless powder to guarantee the

with Peter, who caught

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

the

let us know your top picks for the production?” Gwendolyn stood

the sound of glass

Gwendolyn’s wine glass off

my God, I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it, Ms.

must be

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

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

and quickly raised their

did not accept their toast and said,

the last drink

did not understand what she was getting at but

“Of course, of course.

lady wants,

through the character list, but I think there are some potential issues here,”

her, leaning

were positively

viewing, Gwendolyn balanced the documents atop two neighboring wine glasses before giving her detailed

paid attention to what

absent–mindedly agreed to all her suggestions, eager to get

jumped on the opportunity

talking business, let’s all have

the toast and lightly clinked

she was in no hurry to touch

their glasses quickly and shot Gwendolyn

aroma of the red wine

glass to

a moment of hesitation, she finished her drink in one

later,

fuzzy, and she finally collapsed heavily across

triumph, their gazes affixed to Gwendolyn’s empty

dinner meeting, Maverick left the private dining room to

and on his way back, he spied a familiar–looking woman speaking

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

eavesdropping,

overheard some alarming words in the woman’s

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

sure to prioritize me in your

worry about

forget to

impatient to return to the private dining room where the

turned around when someone grabbed his collar fiercely from

question, but she quickly composed herself and smiled even more

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

would make or break our artists‘ casting

to upset

nodded expressionlessly in

the

stopped staring at Gwendolyn since she

up under

the first

really as pretty

got a great

” “You’re too generous.

three of you are truly

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

allow me to toast to a

she pushed a glass of red

swirled the liquor around the glass and sniffed the

a 1982 Château

What an excellent wine.

before polishing off the

“Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take you

hold your drinks well

How utterly charming.

hope you’ll accept

Grandeur Group’s drama project? Why haven’t any of you brought

we’ll get to it, but we should have

Ms. Shalders?” They smiled at

not put off their requests and downed

knocked on the door to the CEO’s office

the room and politely handed a dossier on

our men have investigated

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

it came to her life before she was

about her coming from

even regarding when

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

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

wasting our efforts investigating

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

Maverick’s schedule on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting

Are you going?” “Yes.

directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn at

not refused a drink