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,”

from his assistant and read them several times,

furrowed.

perfectly ordinary until it

an orphanage. No other details

someone in this world that my

and asked, “Do you want them

the dossier and placed it on a stack of documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll just be wasting

strolled to the long windows in his office and lit

an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting

“Yes.”

three directors from Grandeur Group took

a drink during their three rounds

promptly polished off six bottles

liquor she had drunk, which added to her allure. Her gaze, however,

even as she struggled to

be a heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are getting tipsy. How is she

about to

with red wine and downed it when

her dinner companions a smile

no choice but to bow to her

a sight which

If that’s too much

her glass

directors hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her to fix

of wine, they would surely collapse

annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn with alcohol was no longer

before she came, Eloise had given her a packet of odorless,

who caught her hint

you seen the production plan for our

he spoke, he took out some documents and handed them to Gwendolyn, explaining. “This is the latest version. Why don’t you

up to receive the documents

the sound of glass

Gwendolyn’s wine

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

colleague suspiciously but did

glass, which she filled with red wine

knowing looks with Peter and quickly raised their glasses

accept their toast and said, “There’s no rush for that.