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.

had no choice but to bow

which they

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

turned to Suzanna, signaling her to fix the

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

her

with alcohol was

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

who caught her hint and

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

the

let us know your top picks for the production?” Gwendolyn stood up to receive the documents from

glass shattering

knocked Gwendolyn’s wine

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

be kind

wine,” Gwendolyn eyed her colleague suspiciously but did not

shortly with a new wine glass, which she

with Peter and quickly raised their glasses to toast

their toast and said, “There’s no rush

this as the last drink

what she was getting at

“Of course, of course.

the lady

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

her, leaning closer to hand them

men were positively hypnotized by her

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

the directors paid attention to what

all her suggestions, eager to

jumped on the opportunity

now that we’re done talking business, let’s all have a drink to

longer rejected the toast and

she was in no hurry to touch her

four people in the room downed their glasses quickly and shot Gwendolyn expectant or

of the

glass to her

hesitation, she finished her

later, her

she finally

triumph, their gazes

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

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

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

particularly interested in eavesdropping, Maverick turned to

then, he overheard some alarming words in the woman’s

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

make sure to prioritize me in your future business

“Don’t worry about

won’t forget to reward

to return to the private dining room where the unconscious Gwendolyn

when someone grabbed his collar fiercely from

but she quickly composed herself

and whispered, “These directors are influential

or break our artists‘

to upset

Gwendolyn nodded expressionlessly in

the table after

Harry, and Peter had not stopped staring at Gwendolyn since she entered

wanted to throw up under their

the first to

Shalders, you’re really as

a

” “You’re too generous.

of you are truly exceptional

their seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your

to toast to a

a glass of red wine into Gwendolyn’s

swirled the liquor around the glass and sniffed the

a 1982

What an excellent wine.

Suzanna before polishing off the wine in a

“Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take

hold your drinks

How utterly charming.

accept

for Grandeur Group’s drama project? Why

we should have a few

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

not put off their requests

the door to the CEO’s

entered the room and politely handed a

have investigated her three

for your review,” Maverick received the documents from his assistant and read them

background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came

was only a line about her

were available, not even regarding

seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do you want them to dig

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

be wasting our efforts

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

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 toasting Gwendolyn at their

a drink during