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

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

three directors hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her

would surely collapse and spend their night in the private dining

gritted her

was no longer

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

caught her

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

the latest

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

sound of glass shattering filled

Gwendolyn’s wine glass

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

must be kind

eyed her colleague suspiciously but did not stop her from

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

looks with Peter and quickly raised their glasses

and said, “There’s no rush

this as the last drink to close the

did not understand what she was getting at but agreed

“Of course, of course.

lady

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

and carried the documents with her, leaning closer to hand

men were positively hypnotized by her

Gwendolyn balanced the documents atop two neighboring wine glasses

paid attention to

eager to get the

on the opportunity to

done talking business, let’s all have a drink to

Gwendolyn no longer rejected the toast and lightly clinked her wine

no hurry to

people in the room downed their glasses quickly and shot Gwendolyn

of the red

the glass to

hesitation, she finished her drink

few seconds later, her

she finally collapsed heavily

smiled in triumph, their gazes affixed to Gwendolyn’s empty

middle of his dinner meeting, Maverick left the private dining

to return to the private dining room, and on

showing off her BMW to Gwendolyn

interested in eavesdropping, Maverick turned

overheard some alarming

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

me in

worry about

forget

return to

barely turned around when someone

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

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

word from any of them would make or break our

try not to

nodded expressionlessly

to the table after their

stopped staring at Gwendolyn since she entered the

to throw up under their

was the first

really as pretty

got a great figure

” “You’re too generous.

three of you are truly exceptional and successful,” replied Gwendolyn

take their seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is

allow me to toast

spoke, she pushed a glass of red wine into Gwendolyn’s

swirled the liquor around the glass and sniffed the

a 1982 Château

What an excellent wine.

glasses with Suzanna before polishing off the wine in a

to flatter Gwendolyn, praising, “Ms. Shalders, I didn’t

your drinks

How utterly charming.

you’ll accept my toast as

project? Why haven’t

but we

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

not put off their requests and downed glass after glass of

on the door to the CEO’s office at Wright

handed

men have investigated her

on her background for your review,” Maverick received the

seemed perfectly ordinary until it

line about her coming

not even regarding when she was first

hackers can’t investigate? Noah seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do

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

wasting

her background isn’t as simple as it seeMs. ” He strolled

and asked, “Boss, you have a

Are you going?” “Yes.

Suzanna and the three directors from Grandeur Group took

had not refused a drink