The Bride’s Revenge

Chapter 234 Miss Cartier, What Are You Doing?

Wine was bitter, but candy was sweet.

Lucas looked down, deep in thought. Then, he put the bottle opener back in its place and placed the unopened bottle back on the shelf.

After reclaiming his seat next to Marion, he reached into her palm and took one candy.

He unwrapped the candy and tossed it into his mouth. When the candy touched his tongue, a slight sourness spread in his mouth, followed by the overwhelming taste of orange.

However, once he bit into the candy, the sweetness instantly masked the earlier. acidity.

She was right. It was sweet.

However, he wanted to push it a bit further.

Lucas turned to look at Marion, who had been watching him. “It’s not sweet enough. It’s a bit sour.”

“Huh?” Marion suddenly felt awkward. “Sorry, orange candies can be a bit sour.” He remained silent, staring at the glass in her hand. “Are you not drinking that?”

Following his gaze, Marion glanced at her wine glass. She had just taken a small sip just now, so more than half a glass of red wine was left.

The look in Lucas’s eyes suggested, “If you’re not drinking, I will.”

Marion quickly glanced at the two empty wine bottles nearby and nodded. “I am.”

glass, closed her eyes,

she let out a burp. The rich aroma of the wine reminded her

went to

turned the glass upside down, “All gone, not a drop left.”

the last bit of the candy in his

then closed his eyes and leaned against the wine cabinet behind him, not uttering a word.

She felt that Lucas had

him would not be here, secretly drowning his sorrows in a wine cellar.

the business world, would rarely face situations that could bring him down

a matter

she had not heard anything about Lucas having any

betrayed by

friends appeared

not friendship or love, it had to

divorce. He demanded that she convince Lucas to step down as the

unbelievable that a father would go to such extremes.

would not do that, would he?

seemed so disheartened today. Unfortunately, she

thoughts, Marion looked at the man beside her once again.

Was he asleep?

asleep, he looked