Marry My Ex's Sworn Enemy

Chapter 43: The Drinking Contest

Sonya, marveling at the smallness of the world, carried the liquor with Leo Jones back to the private room.

"Who organized this?" she asked.

"Jake, but it was really for Julian. He couldn't back down. There's a Reynolds's project, oration's been trying to secure a partnership, but it's been going nowhere. Henry is in charge of that project," Leo Jones explained.

Sonya nodded. Julian Jennings had probably tried to curry favor with Jason Reynolds, unsuccessfully, and now he was trying to cozy up to Henry, But Henry was just an employee, even if he was the project lead, he didn't call the shots. "Sonya, just give me the bottles; don't go in," Leo Jones said.

Sonya scoffed."Come on, I want to watch the fun."

Leo Jones sighed."Julian's riled up by Henry; he might say something nasty."

"How did Henry provoke him?"

"Henry doesn't even have to do anything; Julian gets triggered just by his presence. It's probably a conditioned response. Growing up, Julian was always compared to Henry, and Henry always outshone him. Even in college, Henry went abroad, only then did Julian escape his shadow." "So, he suddenly lost it and said all that stuff?"

"Ahem, it's my fault. I mentioned back in high school how every girl in the school liked Henry. including Seraphina."

"Seraphina liked Henry?"

"She even publicly confessed, but Henry rejected her brutally."

"Wow, no way."

Leo Jones sighed. "You should have seen how embarrassed Seraphina was. She was so confident, thinking Henry would say yes. It became a school-wide joke."

Leo Jones then mimicked Henry's words:

"Aren't you Julian's girlfriend? Or not? If not, why make him beg for your attention like a dog? Sorry, I don't get your twisted sense of humor. I prefer being human, you should too!"

Sonya burst out laughing, imagining Seraphina's humiliation.

Jennings, but given his personality, he probably wouldn't

Henry and Julian Jennings were already drinking

liquor!"

Julian Jennings, "Julian, this

of the reunion." Julian Jennings laughed, then looked at

me a drink."

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heading straight

him a

discreetly hooked her hand under the table, grinning,

you saying? Julian Jennings asked suspiciously. Henry tilted his head, smiling "I'm asking this lovely lady if she has a boyfriend." "What's it to you?" "A

his glass, yelling at Sonya,

at Henry, "I don't have a

can I chase

""Of course."

spoke, Julian Jennings slammed a bottle on the table. "It's a

Julian Jennings, smiling, but

"Let's go."

poured for Henry; Leo Jones poured for Julian Jennings. They quickly finished a

remembered Henry's dislike of alcohol and his presumably poor tolerance. She

his empty glass on the table."Relax, I'm going to drink him under the table

out first is a loser!" Julian Jennings, noticing Sonya whispering

opened another bottle each, quickly finishing it. Julian Jennings was getting unsteady,

him."Julian, let's call

out of the way!" Julian Jennings shoved Leo Jones, pointing at Sonya."Come over here!" Sonya gave him a withering look. "Don't you dare

Julian Jennings. It missed him, shattering against the wall behind

stunned; everyone

you doing?" Jake

the chair."His mouth