Wooing My Ex-Wife by Mr. Adeel

Chapter 31

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,”

his assistant and

furrowed.

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

only a line about her coming from an orphanage. No other details were

in this world that my genius hackers

doubts and asked, “Do you

true background from us. We’ll just be wasting our efforts investigating her. The only thing that’s certain

long windows in his office and lit a

checked Maverick’s schedule on an iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which was booked a

“Yes.”

three directors from Grandeur Group took

a drink during

promptly polished off six bottles of red

the amount of liquor she had drunk, which

was frustrated, even as she struggled to keep a clear head.

Even the directors

was about to collapse at

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

companions a smile so beatific it bordered

had no choice but to bow to

sight which they had to see

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

glass

hastily turned to Suzanna,

to drink one more glass of wine, they would surely collapse

annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn

a packet of odorless,

Peter, who caught her hint and smiled at

plan for

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

up to receive

sound of glass shattering filled

Gwendolyn’s wine glass off the

Ms. Shalders. I must be

did not stop her from

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