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He nodded and answered, "Yes, but medicine is still a drug nonetheless. It's more or less harmful."

"It's okay. Please send it to me later."

I left the washroom and returned to the private room. Austin had picked a few songs on the large screen to sing along. When he saw me returning, he narrowed his eyes at me and mocked, "What happened? Can't you even handle one glass?"

I ignored him and glanced at the table. Apart from the one that I had drunk, all the other glasses remained unmoved on the table as before.

Hendrix and Andrea sat close next to each other. She said something to him and he nodded slightly.

When his gaze landed on me, his eyes darkened and he looked away indifferently.

My heart sank. I walked to the table and said to Austin, "I hope you won't go back on your words, Mr. Shelley."

After saying that, I downed a glass full of alcohol. I forcibly suppressed the strong sense of nausea and downed another few glasses. I was never good at handling alcohol in the first place. When I reached my third glass, my lower abdomen ached faintly. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the (ꜰind)ɴʘvel.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

saying, "She is still your wife, Hendrix. You

a little dizzy. At that moment, my heart was

sudden, my action was halted by a powerful force, then I was pulled into a familiar embrace. Austin looked at Hendrix in

off the rest of the glasses. Andrea watched

and over again. I couldn't escape Hendrix's hold on me, thus I held

stood up suddenly, looked

like she was irritated and

didn't know what to say. Eventually, he left with Andrea. Josiah was the only one left. He snatched the glass from Hendrix's hand and ordered, "If you don't want anything bad to happen to her, take her home quickly!" He was

nightclub. I was slightly light-headed. I didn't know how Josiah had left. When Hendrix placed me in the car, I felt immense pain

this, Hendrix frowned again and placed his palm on my lower abdomen. He asked,

beads of sweat precipitated on

car and said, "Endure it for

into his dark eyes, and shook my head. "Send me back to the villa and let Doctor Saunders treat me. He

the one who helped me recuperate after the operation. He knows what