Wooing My Ex-Wife by Mr. Adeel

Suzanna’s smile froze at Gwendolyn’s question, but she quickly composed herself and smiled even more brightly.

She pulled Gwendolyn aside and whispered, “These directors are influential figures in Grandeur Group. One word from any of them would make or break our artists‘ casting opportunities in the drama. So try not to upset them, Ms. Shalders.”

Gwendolyn nodded expressionlessly in response.

They returned to the table after their whispering.

Tom, Harry, and Peter had not stopped staring at Gwendolyn since she entered the private room. Gwendolyn wanted to throw up under their lustful stares.

Tom was the first to speak up. “Ms. Shalders, you’re really as pretty as the rumors say. You’ve got a great figure too.”

“You’re too generous. The three of you are truly exceptional and successful,” replied Gwendolyn obligingly.

Suzanna quickly invited everyone to take their seats before toasting Gwendolyn, “This is your first business meeting since joining the company, Ms. Shalders. Please allow me to toast to a successful deal.”

As she spoke, she pushed a glass of red wine into Gwendolyn’s hand.

Gwendolyn swirled the liquor around the glass and sniffed the bouquet elegantly. “Hmm, a 1982 Château Lafite Rothschild. What an excellent wine.”

She smiled and clinked glasses with Suzanna before polishing off the wine in a single gulp.

Harry jumped in to flatter Gwendolyn, praising, “Ms. Shalders, I didn’t take you for a wine aficionado. You can hold your drinks well too. How utterly charming. I hope you’ll accept my toast as well.”

“Aren’t we discussing the casting for Grandeur Group’s drama project? Why haven’t any of you brought the subject up?” asked Gwendolyn.

Calmly, one of the directors replied, “Of course, we’ll get to it, but we should have a few glasses and relax before getting down to serious business. I’m sure you understand how this works, don’t you, Ms. Shalders?”

They smiled at Gwendolyn and raised their glasses at her.

Gwendolyn did not put off their requests and downed glass after glass of wine.

Meanwhile, Noah knocked on the door to the CEO’s office at Wright Construction Group.

He entered the room and politely handed a dossier on Gwendolyn’s background to Maverick.

“Boss, our men have investigated her three times. This is the final, organized information we have on

her background for your review,”

documents from his assistant and

furrowed.

first glance, Gwendolyn’s background seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her life before she was fifteen years

only a line about her coming from an orphanage. No other details were available, not even regarding when

this world

his employer’s doubts and asked,

and placed it on a stack of documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll just be wasting our efforts investigating her. The only thing that’s certain is that her background isn’t as simple as

his office and lit a cigarette, his gaze dark and thoughtful.

an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was booked a week

“Yes.”

Group took turns toasting

not refused a drink during their three rounds of toasts.

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amount of liquor she had drunk, which added to her allure. Her gaze, however,

struggled to

to be a heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are getting tipsy. How is she perfectly fine?

was about to collapse

her glass with red wine and downed it when the others stopped pouring liquor

a smile so beatific it

had no choice but to bow

was truly a sight which they had to see to

turned the tables on them and asked, “Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor

glass to

turned to Suzanna, signaling

they had to drink one more glass of wine, they would surely collapse and spend their night in the

her teeth in annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn with

Eloise had given her a packet of odorless, colorless powder to guarantee the success of their plan.

exchanged glances with Peter, who caught her hint and smiled at

the production plan for our upcoming male protagonist

and handed them to Gwendolyn, explaining. “This is the latest version. Why don’t you take a look

stood up to receive the documents from him.

of glass shattering filled the room.

Gwendolyn’s wine glass off the table.

I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it, Ms. Shalders. I must be kind of tipsy. Let me get you a fresh glass of

suspiciously but did