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,”

from his assistant and read them several times,

furrowed.

seemed perfectly ordinary until it came to her life

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

someone in this world that my genius hackers can’t investigate?

doubts and asked,

on a stack of documents in his office, adding, “She’s deliberately hiding her true background from us. We’ll

his office and lit a cigarette, his gaze dark

an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner

“Yes.”

and the three directors from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn

during their three

promptly polished off six

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

frustrated, even as she struggled to keep a clear

at drinking. Even the directors are getting tipsy. How is she

collapse at

red wine and downed it when the others stopped pouring liquor for her.

dinner companions a smile so beatific it

choice but to bow to her

sight which they had to see to

did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor

raised her glass to toast them.

three directors hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling her to fix the

one more glass of wine, they would surely collapse and

Plying Gwendolyn with alcohol

given her a packet of odorless, colorless powder to guarantee the success

glances with Peter, who caught her hint and smiled at

have you seen the production plan for

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

up to receive the documents from him.

sound of glass shattering filled

knocked Gwendolyn’s wine glass off the table.

I must be kind of tipsy.

her colleague suspiciously but did

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