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.

held her thin waist, and Angeline fell into his warm

need your

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

her arm again, and without giving her a chance

I’ll send Angeline back to the hotel

actors were all dumbfounded by

“I’m not going to—”

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

rumors about us being in a relationship, and won’t his actions

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

“Ow, that hurts…”

you still

towering figure and grabbed one of her fidgeting hands. “Weren’t you

a long while, she finally

I’m single. Also, this is after

further. “Do you not know how to

boiled in Angeline when she heard that. Did you just say I have no self-control?

alcohol running in her veins boosted her courage, and

who sent flowers and apologized, but he’s also the one who’s making it seem like

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 distance now. What else

of words from her angry outburst, but the irritation in him only turned even more

this the way you should be speaking

he gripped Angeline’s chin and leaned closer to

pain was so great 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 up in her

“Why are you crying?”

hurting from the sight of the misery

Angeline’s tears at all? I resent her, but I can’t bring myself to keep attacking her anymore. All I want is

by a

placed her hands on the man’s chest to push him away, the man pried her

The scent of alcohol in the car was strong. Even her mind felt as if it had

why the

Honk—

the sounds of car honking came

stopped Evander’s wandering hands. After shoving him away, she

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