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

which they

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?”

three directors hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her to fix

drink one more glass of wine, they would surely collapse and

her

was no longer

Eloise had given her a packet of odorless, colorless

with Peter, who caught her hint and smiled at

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

the latest

your top picks for the production?” Gwendolyn stood

glass shattering filled the

had knocked Gwendolyn’s wine glass off the

“Oh my God, I’m so

must be kind

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

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

exchanged knowing looks with Peter and quickly raised their

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

treat this as the last drink to close

what she was

“Of course, of course.

the lady

through the character list, but I think there are some

with her, leaning closer to

three men were positively hypnotized by her svelte

balanced the documents atop two neighboring wine glasses before

of the directors paid attention to what

her suggestions, eager to get

the opportunity to

done talking business, let’s

and lightly

was in no hurry to touch her

downed their glasses quickly and shot Gwendolyn expectant

of the

the glass to

a moment of hesitation, she finished her drink in one

later,

she finally

and the others smiled in triumph, their

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

an emergency exit to return to the private dining room, and on his way back, he spied a familiar–looking woman speaking with a

been showing off her BMW to Gwendolyn in the

in eavesdropping, Maverick turned to

some alarming words

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

make sure to prioritize me in your

worry

forget to reward

to return to the private dining

had barely turned around when someone grabbed his collar fiercely from

Suzanna’s smile froze at Gwendolyn’s question, but she quickly composed herself

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

any of them would make or break our artists‘

not to upset

Gwendolyn nodded

the table after

staring

throw up under their

was the first to speak

Shalders, you’re really as

got a

” “You’re too generous.

you are truly exceptional and successful,”

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

allow me to toast

a glass of red wine into

the glass and sniffed the bouquet

1982 Château

What an excellent wine.

with Suzanna before polishing

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

can hold your drinks

How utterly charming.

hope you’ll accept

drama project? Why haven’t any of you brought

we should have a few glasses and relax

works, don’t you, Ms. Shalders?” They smiled at Gwendolyn and

not put off their requests and downed

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

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

men have investigated

on her background for your review,” Maverick received the documents from his assistant and read them several times, his brows

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

only a line about

not even regarding when she was

investigate? Noah seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and

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

be wasting our efforts investigating

He strolled to the long windows in his office

you have a dinner meeting

Are you going?” “Yes.

three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn at their

a drink during their three rounds of