Her Precious Baby

“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.

her thin waist, and Angeline fell

need your

little too drunk, for her

without giving her a chance to struggle

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

dumbfounded by Evander’s

“I’m not going to—”

that nearly went past Angeline’s lips were forced back down her throat. Evander then took her bag from the chair and dragged

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

she could come back

“Ow, that hurts…”

still feel

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

Angeline’s throat. After a long while, she finally found

Also, this is after

expression darken even further. “Do you

in Angeline when she heard that. Did you just say I have no self-control? What kind of person do you think I

in her veins boosted her courage, and the

who sent flowers and apologized, but he’s also the one who’s making it seem like those things never happened. What in the world is he

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

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

this the way you should

Angeline’s chin and leaned closer to

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?”

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

were sealed by a

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

of alcohol in the car was

the kiss somehow

Honk—

of car honking

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