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.

waist, and Angeline fell into his warm arms. Her eyes were bloodshot when she

need

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

and without giving her a chance to

apologies. I’ll send Angeline back to the hotel first,” Evander said, his

by

“I’m not going to—”

were forced back down her throat. Evander then took her bag from the

us being in a relationship, and won’t

the hotel. Before she could come back to her senses, she was thrown in

“Ow, that hurts…”

still feel pain,

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

After a long

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

aggressive words made Evander’s expression darken even further. “Do you not know how

heard that. Did you just say I have no

veins boosted her

making it seem like

rose to her throat, and she snapped, “Mr. Golding, I don’t think my matters require your concern. You were 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

from her angry outburst, but the irritation

you should

gripped Angeline’s chin and

could not speak. Her back was pressed hard against the seat, and she dared not move at all. By then,

“Why are you crying?”

sight of the

I bear to see Angeline’s tears at all? I resent her, but I can’t

of a sudden, her lips were sealed by a pair of cold lips. Her eyes widened, and she stared

to push him away, the man pried

of alcohol in

know why the kiss somehow

Honk—

sounds of

After shoving him

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