Mr. Wright and Mrs. Right by Minerva Sowle

Chapter 31 Heavyweight Drinker

Suzanna’s smile froze at Gwendolyn’s question, but she quickly composed herself and smiled even more brightly.

She pulled Gwendolyn aside and whispered, “These directors are influential figures in Grandeur Group. One word from any of them would make or break our artists‘ casting opportunities in the drama. So try not to upset them, Ms. Shalders.”

Gwendolyn nodded expressionlessly in response.

They returned to the table after their whispering.

Tom, Harry, and Peter had not stopped staring at Gwendolyn since she entered the private room. Gwendolyn wanted to throw up under their lustful stares.

Tom was the first to speak up. “Ms. Shalders, you’re really as pretty as the rumors say. You’ve got a great figure too.”

“You’re too generous. The three of you are truly exceptional and successful,” replied Gwendolyn obligingly.

Suzanna quickly invited everyone to take their seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your first business meeting since joining the company, Ms. Shalders. Please allow me to toast to a successful deal.”

As she spoke, she pushed a glass of red wine into Gwendolyn’s hand.

Gwendolyn swirled the liquor around the glass and sniffed the bouquet elegantly. “Hmm, a 1982 Château Lafite Rothschild. What an excellent wine.”

She smiled and clinked glasses with Suzanna before polishing off the wine in a single gulp.

Harry jumped in to flatter Gwendolyn, praising, “Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take you for a wine aficionado. You can hold your drinks well too. How utterly charming. I hope you’ll accept my toast as well.”

“Aren’t we discussing the casting for Grandeur Group’s drama project? Why haven’t any of you brought the subject up?” asked Gwendolyn.

Calmly, one of the directors replied, “Of course, we’ll get to it, but we should have a few glasses and relax before getting down to serious business. I’m sure you understand how this works, don’t you, Ms. Shalders?”

They smiled at Gwendolyn and raised their glasses at her.

Gwendolyn did not put off their requests and downed glass after glass of wine.

Meanwhile, Noah knocked on the door to the CEO’s office at Wright Construction Group.

He entered the room and politely handed a dossier on Gwendolyn’s background to Maverick.

“Boss, our men have investigated her three times. This is the final, organized information we have on

her background for your review,”

his assistant and

furrowed.

background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her

her coming from an orphanage. No other details were available, not even regarding when she was

there actually someone in this world that

seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do you want them to

stack of documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll

office and lit

on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was booked a week

“Yes.”

Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn at

refused a drink

promptly polished off six bottles of red

despite the amount of liquor she had drunk, which added to her allure. Her gaze, however, remained

as she struggled to keep

didn’t expect her to be a heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are getting

about to collapse at

red wine and downed it

she shot her dinner companions a smile so beatific it bordered on a

choice but to bow to

truly a sight which they had to see to

tables on them and asked, “Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor to handle, perhaps it’s time

raised her glass to

directors hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling

wine, they would surely collapse and spend

in annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn with alcohol was no longer

had given her a packet of odorless, colorless

exchanged glances with Peter, who caught her hint and

Shalders, have you seen the production plan for our

them to Gwendolyn, explaining. “This is the latest version. Why don’t

receive

glass shattering filled

wine glass off the

I didn’t mean it, Ms. Shalders. I must be kind of tipsy. Let me get you a fresh glass

eyed her colleague suspiciously but

returned shortly with a new wine glass, which she filled with

and quickly raised their

rush for that.