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.

a large hand steadily held her thin waist, and Angeline fell into his warm arms. Her

don’t need your

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

her a chance to struggle anymore, he aggressively wrapped

Angeline back to the hotel first,” Evander said,

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

“I’m not going to—”

that nearly went past Angeline’s lips were forced back down her throat. Evander then

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

of the hotel. Before she could come

“Ow, that hurts…”

still feel

hunched over his towering figure and grabbed one of her

Angeline’s throat. After a long

Also, this is after work hours. This shouldn’t be your business,

expression darken even further. “Do you not know how

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

running in her veins boosted her courage, and

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

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

from her angry outburst, but the irritation in him only

this the way you should

he gripped 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?”

his heart hurting from the sight of the misery in her

I can’t bring myself

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

on the man’s chest to push him away, the

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

why the kiss somehow made

Honk—

the sounds of car honking

back to her senses and stopped Evander’s wandering hands. After shoving him away,