To avoid embarrassing herself when he rejected the request, Angeline quickly said, “No, since we’ve both drawn the same card, this shouldn’t count. Why don’t we restart the round?”

“Are you afraid, Ms. Sorelle?” came Evander’s teasing voice.

Upon turning her head and seeing his icy gaze, Angeline fumed. In the end, she gritted out, “Who’s afraid? I’ll drink it!”

Isn’t it just a drink? Who’s afraid now?

At that, she stood up and grabbed a glass from the table before turning toward Evander.

“Mr. Golding, a glass for you. Thank you for your care all this while. It’ll be great if I get to work with you again.”

Only Evander could understand the sarcasm in Angeline’s words.

Evander raised his glass as well. Yet, at that moment, Angeline leaned forward to wrap her arm around his neck and held the glass behind him.

“Wow!” the crowd cheered.

When Evander smelled the pungent scent of alcohol wafting off her, he frowned and said, “Drink lesser.”

His words made tears well up in his eyes, and a self-deprecating curl appeared on her lips.

“Mr. Golding, you’re so sweet with your fiancée, but you still have the heart to care about others?”

Evander’s furrowed brows relaxed when he heard Angeline’s response. Even his lips curled.

He finally figured out why Angeline had a scowl the entire night. When he thought about the flask in the trash can, a knot that had been in Evander’s mind came undone.

Meanwhile, Angeline downed the wine and sat back on her seat before angrily wiping the remnant wine off the corner of her lips.

Seriously?

Why did I have to say those things earlier? What does Evander’s matter have anything to do with me?

After that, Angeline seemed to have gotten a streak of bad luck. She kept losing in the game, but she learned her lesson. She would rather drink than take another dare.

A few glasses of wine later, Angeline began to find the world spinning around her. She even stumbled when she rose to her feet.

“You’ve had one glass too many,” came the familiar voice by her ear.

large hand steadily held her thin waist, and Angeline fell into his warm arms. Her eyes were bloodshot when

don’t need

was a little too drunk, for her words of anger sounded more like

without giving her a chance to struggle anymore, he aggressively wrapped his arms around

I’ll send Angeline back to the hotel first,” Evander

were all dumbfounded by Evander’s actions, but none dared to stop

“I’m not going to—”

down her throat. Evander then took her bag from the chair and dragged the

out of his mind? There are already rumors about us being in a relationship, and won’t his actions

was half-towed out of the hotel. Before she could come back to her senses, she

“Ow, that hurts…”

still

was frigid as he hunched over his towering figure and grabbed one of her fidgeting hands. “Weren’t you enjoying yourself when

Angeline’s throat. After a

I have my freedom even since I’m single. Also, this is after

you not

you just say I have no self-control? What kind of person do you think I

veins boosted her

and apologized, but he’s also the one who’s making it seem like those things never

the one who stopped me from interacting with Floretta. I have no right to be around someone as high and mighty as you, so I’m keeping my distance now. What else do you want from

but the

the way you

he gripped Angeline’s chin and

that Angeline could not speak. Her back was pressed hard against the seat, and she dared not move at all. By then, hot tears had welled

“Why are you crying?”

the sight of

I can’t bring myself to keep attacking her anymore. All

were sealed by a pair of cold lips. Her eyes widened, and she stared at his face in

push him away, the man pried her mouth open, invaded her senses, and

red. The scent of alcohol in the car was strong.

not know why the kiss somehow made

Honk—

of car honking came from

After

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