Chapter 12

Eleanor thought Josef and Bernard had a good relationship, but it turned out Cedric introduced them.

It seemed like this party Josef organized wasn’t just for her to meet a few friends – he also wanted to get a project through Bernard.

But that was fine; discussing a project would take time, which would give her a chance to figure a way out.

With that thought in mind, Eleanor’s tense body relaxed a little.

Just as she took a breath, Josef suddenly signaled to her to drink up.

Unable to feign ignorance any longer, Eleanor grabbed her glass and gulped down its contents.

She seldom drank, as Bernard disliked the smell of alcohol, so she had managed to abstain completely.

The sudden consumption of a strong liquor caused her eyes to well up with tears.

Observing this, Josef swiftly embraced her and helped by patting her back.

Bernard’s icy gaze fixated on the hand wrapped around Eleanor.

Through her teary eyes, she perceived a flicker of anger in his gaze.

vision cleared, all she found was indifference and nothing more.

lips. Bernard only viewed her as a replacement and had never truly cared

embraced her and addressed Cedric, “This girl

remained silent, yet the woman beside him suddenly grew infuriated. “What do you mean by that, Mr. Caporal?”

calmly, “Ma’am, I made no

speechless and stomped her foot, then turned to Cedric and whined, “Cedric, look at him, what he said

mild–tempered man, patted her hand. “Norene, you know Mr. Caporal’s personality. He

top girl in the club, she didn’t want to hear ‘no experience‘ after being

taking it out on his

stoop to your level. We’re here to have fun, right? But just sitting around is kind of boring. Let’s play

the

kind of

out some cards and put them on the

teams, and whoever loses takes off a

“Interesting.”

of scene, and

with this, glanced at him. “Bro, they always play a little wild. If you don’t want to…” Before he

disliked places like this. But today, Josef just suggested that he meet a woman who resembled Ms. Ratliff, and not only did he come but now

to agree so readily. She laughed, happy

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