What Separates Me and You

Chapter 172 A Hero’s Weakness

Lewis didn’t bat an eyelid. He glanced at her sideways. Although he was expressionless, Josephine felt the frostiness and warning from that glance.

Josephine’s lips tightened into a thin line. She covertly looked away.

“Chairman Alvarez, your assistant here looks like a student. Could she be a minor?” asked someone jokingly. “I’ve got to hand it to you if that’s the case.”

Lewis calmly looked at Kale Wallace, the man who spoke. “How can you tell?”

Kale was stunned. “Is she, really?”

Lewis chuckled; his chuckle was void of feeling. He said, “Given your abilities to drink, why would you need your assistants? It seems to me you guys can easily keep this up until morning.

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“Haha! We’ve aged now, so it’s better to watch out for our health. We can’t push it even if we can. Besides, we’re here to meet up, not for a drinking tournament,” said Kale. He continued, However, it’s a rare occasion. Where’s the fun if we don’t come up with something new?”

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“Well, you have a point. But…” Lewis looked at Kiran and said, “President Kiran, you said you were getting my assistant, but why this eye candy, of all people? Are you eager for me to embarrass myself?”

Kiran lifted a brow and replied calmly, “My apologies, Chairman Alvarez. I didn’t know you had other female assistants in your office. I only know Miss Vance. However, we can’t judge a book by its cover. Looks aside, Miss Vance must be capable, somehow, to qualify as your assistant. She might come out as a winner. Am I right, Miss Vance?”

Hearing her name, Josephine tensed up. She had never had alcohol before, not to mention competing against people like them. She would lose for sure.

Josephine didn’t have an answer and couldn’t have replied, even if she did. She could only look at Lewis.

She wasn’t the only one-everyone was looking at Lewis.

Lewis lit a cigarette and leaned back onto his chair casually. “What’s the bet?”

win. It’s not too much to ask for a five percent marginal profit increase on our side,

smiled. “In that case, should we even proceed with the

mean you’re calling it off, Chairman Alvarez?”

boozing become a factor in

your

yourself. Every party expects a profit in a business deal; it’s just. a matter of earning more or less. There’s no reason for the deal to exist when there’s nothing to gain. Chairman Alvarez, you

“But I have a big appetite, you know. I don’t

of visible upset swept across the room, evident from the frowns and

continued, “I just want to know who came up with this bet and who agreed to it. President Kiran, was it you?”

replying doubtfully, “Chairman Alvarez, you’re being unjust to me. I’m new here. How could

sitting on the leftmost chipped in, “Well, I think Chairman Alvarez is being protective of his assistant, shielding her

Now that you mention it, it’s becoming apparent to me as well. Chairman Alvarez had been drinking with us without a fuss before she came. Now he’s turning on us when she’s here. It seems even

as they joked around and didn’t retaliate. He

perplexed. She didn’t know her presence would bring him such

didn’t leave in a fury said it

for another round of drinks, gentlemen? We agreed earlier we’re only

almost forgot about

“Come, drink up.”

up their glasses, but Kale persisted, “Business deals are agreed over drinks, aren’t they? As per your bargain, I’ll agree to our deal with a zero percent marginal profit if you win, Chairman Alvarez. Conversely, forget about the five percent increase; I want your assistant to

meant when he said to “send him

trick because he noticed Lewis cared for his assistant and didn’t want her

lips. She stared

minutes before saying, “You

“We must talk about something else, if not work. We flew here from various parts of the country for this event. Can’t

about this: I’ll give you a 50 percent increase if you finish all

was stunned. He

drunk already, Chairman Alvarez?”