The Girlboss Begs for Remarriage by Chu

"Oh, what are you saying, Mr. Lawrence?"

Pax then smiled and chugged the glass as everyone watched, and he showed it to them like Frank did. "You really don't trust me, huh?"

"No way." Frank smiled in turn.

With that, all suspicions around the room vaporized, and things turned lively around the table.

Cid drank the most as the men clink glasses endlessly, even blurting nonsense that left everyone laughing.

Ned's pretty boy valets even started dancing.

Though Ned obviously tried to talk chatting up Frank repeatedly, Frank always had an excuse to give him the slip, leaving him exasperated.

Then, just as the bottle of white wine was almost finished, Pax burped and rose to his feet, wobbling as he chuckled, "I'm gonna need the washroom."

"Wait."

face as

around pointedly, mumbling, "Are you drunk,

pants before I get to the

are carrying something that

and leveled a pointed look at Ned. "Huh. So you

"Not really."

play along as

pulled a small box out of Pax's pocket, and Pax's face

was sneering in turn, waving the box of yellow powder. "Nervebreaker, huh? So you have ties to Hundred Bane Sect? Or did you perhaps just

to his feet and glaring

a lot as well and leapt up while glaring at Pax—so he really was up to

as he had an idea, "Oh, silly old me. You boys know how many enemies I made over the years. I have

they were clearly glaring at him, so he shrugged. "You suspected me earlier, didn't I? But