"Come on, it was just a joke!" Sylvia lifted her glass and took a sip, "But let's not bring it up again, okay?"

"Sure thing!" Baron, seeing Sylvia drink, could hardly contain his glee. "After all, my company's looking forward to working with Ms. Jarvis. We can't afford any bad blood." He raised his glass again, "To a fruitful collaboration, Ms. Jarvis!"

Sylvia took another sip, her smile polite yet distant, "Aren't you going to sing, Mr. Barlow?"

"Let's leave the singing to Dennis. We have more important things to talk about." Baron edged closer, silently counting the minutes, watching for any sign of Sylvia's reaction. Usually, it only took three minutes for the drug to kick in, leaving the person weak but conscious.

If they passed out, that took all the fun out of it.

However, after Dennis finished two songs, Sylvia showed no signs of being affected, and Baron started to worry.

Suddenly, Sylvia stood up, "I need to use the restroom."

Baron quickly followed, "Blue Oasis can be a bit sketchy. Let me escort you there, stand guard outside."

and headed for the door, opening it just as Gabriel was about to

venomous look at

subtly twisting to hide

feeling well. Let's head back," she

heart skipped a beat as he reached out to

back to Audrey, "Since Blake's already gone, we might as well leave too!" Gabriel wrapped his arm around her waist and

watched, helpless and seething,

close! How could you let Gabriel come back?" sᴇaʀᴄh

compromising position. It would have been quite the show, but Sylvia managed to walk out!" Baron

frustrated, grabbed a bottle of whiskey from the table and

find another way," Dennis tried to calm

the thought of Sylvia, couldn't let go, "She's on guard now. It won't be easy

always a

turned into a

Baron realized she had drunk the drugged

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