Chapter 139

“If you really are allergic to alcohol,” Stefan told Renee snidely, “it’s not too late to back out.”

His sole purpose was to make her realize the difficulty that came with her new position and give up, not to harm her in any way.

But Renee kept on pretending to be a pitiful young girl and replied, “It’s okay. I just want to prove my sincerity in front of everyone.”

What a silly and stubborn woman! Now that his patience was exhausted, Stefan held his head high and declared, “Let’s begin, then.”

Everyone held their breath and subconsciously stepped back a little to quietly observe the game.

They decided on the simplest iteration of the game. In truth, Stefan, being the serious and austere man that he was, rarely ever played the finger-guessing game. When he did, it was. only for fun when he was hanging out with Christopher and Xavier. He knew that his skills in the game were nothing to write home about, but he was sure that he could defeat a naive little

rabbit like Renee with ease.

To everyone’s surprise, Renee was miraculously holding on in the game.

“Five!”

“Fifteen!”

“Twenty!”

The game kept getting more and more heated. Stefan’s thick eyebrows were slightly knitted as he was forced to focus completely on the

game

“Five!”

five fingers

out two closed

another,

and laughed like a child.

Mr. Hunt! Now drink!”

Stefan asked, visibly

not he should go easy on

of them dared to utter a word. After all, they knew that it must

ordered Elijah to pour him another glass of wine. He gulped it down

pretended to be the grateful damsel in distress, telling Stefan, “You really are

just now,

be serious this time. You don’t have to go easy on me

darkened, but he merely pursed his lips and said nothing. It was just a coincidence, he told himself. What happened just now must have been a

round

this round proved to be even more baffling,

turns.

need to drink another glass, Mr.

third round,

unsurprising that every round ended in defeat for

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