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,”

assistant and

furrowed.

ordinary until it came to her life before

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

actually someone in this world that

and asked, “Do you

adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll just be wasting our efforts investigating her. The only thing that’s certain is that

long windows in his office and lit

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

“Yes.”

the three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn

refused a drink during their three rounds of

polished off six bottles of red

the amount of liquor she had drunk, which added

was frustrated, even as she struggled to keep

heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are

about to

Gwendolyn refilled her glass with red wine and downed it when the others

dinner companions a smile so beatific it bordered on

had no choice but

which they had to

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

even raised her

hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her to fix the

of wine, they would surely

her teeth in annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn with alcohol

of odorless,

with Peter, who caught her hint and

production plan

he spoke, he took out some documents and handed them to Gwendolyn, explaining. “This is the latest version. Why don’t you take a look and let us know your

to receive the documents from

sound of glass shattering filled

knocked Gwendolyn’s wine

I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it, Ms. Shalders. I must be kind of

her colleague suspiciously but did not stop her from

which she filled with

exchanged knowing looks with Peter and quickly raised their glasses to

“There’s no rush for that. Let’s treat this as the