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

a sight which they had to

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

three directors hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her to

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

gritted her teeth in

Gwendolyn with alcohol was

of

exchanged glances with Peter, who caught her

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

is the

us know your top picks for the

the sound of glass shattering

Gwendolyn’s wine

“Oh my God, I’m so sorry! I didn’t

must be kind

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

new wine glass, which she filled with red

knowing looks with Peter and quickly raised their glasses

accept their toast and

as the last

what she was getting at

“Of course, of course.

lady

are some potential issues here,” Gwendolyn pointed out while discreetly shifting

and carried the documents with her,

positively hypnotized

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

paid attention to what she had to

all her suggestions, eager to get

opportunity

let’s all have

the toast and lightly clinked her wine glass

in no hurry to touch her

room downed their glasses quickly and shot

aroma of the red wine

glass to

she finished her

seconds later, her

mind turned fuzzy, and she finally collapsed

smiled in triumph, their gazes affixed to

middle of his dinner meeting, Maverick left the private dining room to

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

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

in eavesdropping,

he overheard some alarming words in the woman’s

fellow directors to record Gwendolyn’s

prioritize me in your future business

worry

forget to reward

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

when someone grabbed

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

aside and whispered, “These directors are influential figures in

make or break our artists‘ casting opportunities in

to upset

nodded expressionlessly

to the table after

staring at Gwendolyn since she entered the

to throw up under their lustful

was the first to speak

Shalders, you’re really as pretty

a

” “You’re too generous.

three of you are truly

toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your first business meeting since joining the

me to toast

spoke, she pushed a

the liquor around the glass

a 1982

What an excellent wine.

with Suzanna before polishing off the wine in

Shalders, I didn’t take

hold your drinks well

How utterly charming.

hope you’ll accept

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

of the directors replied, “Of 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 glasses at

not put off their requests and downed glass after glass of

to the

politely handed a dossier on

our men have investigated her

on her background for your review,” Maverick

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

line about her coming from

regarding when she was

hackers can’t investigate? Noah seemed to sense his employer’s doubts

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

wasting our efforts investigating

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

schedule on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner

Are you going?” “Yes.

and the three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn

had not refused a drink during their three