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.

waist, and Angeline fell into his warm arms.

need your

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

chance to struggle anymore, he

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

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

“I’m not going to—”

were forced back down her throat. Evander then took her bag from the chair and dragged the drunkard out of the

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

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

“Ow, that hurts…”

still feel pain,

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

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

even since I’m single. Also,

darken even further. “Do you not know how to have some self-control as

Did you just say I have no

veins boosted her courage, and

the one who’s making it seem like

that, the sadness Angeline had been feeling for hours 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 distance now. What else do you

angry outburst, but the irritation in

this the way you should

that, he gripped Angeline’s chin

seat, and she dared not

“Why are you crying?”

Evander found his heart hurting from the sight of the misery in her eyes.

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

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

push him away, the man pried her mouth open,

face flushed bright red. The scent of alcohol in the

did not know why the kiss somehow made her

Honk—

then, the sounds of

snapped back to her senses and stopped Evander’s wandering hands. After shoving him away, she slapped him, her embarrassment having turned