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 read them several times, his brows slightly

furrowed.

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

from an orphanage. No other details were available, not even regarding when she was first brought to

this world that

seemed to sense his employer’s doubts and asked, “Do you want them to dig deeper?”

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

windows in his office and lit a

“Boss, you have a dinner meeting

“Yes.”

from Grandeur Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn at their business

drink during their

promptly polished off six bottles

cheeks were mildly flushed despite the amount of liquor she had drunk, which added

she struggled

Even the directors are getting tipsy. How

to collapse

wine and downed it when the others stopped pouring liquor for

dinner companions a smile so beatific it bordered on

had no choice but to bow

which they had to see to

“Why did everyone stop drinking? If that’s too much liquor to handle, perhaps it’s

glass to toast them.

three directors hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling

drink one more glass of wine, they would surely collapse and spend their

annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn with alcohol was no longer an

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

caught her hint and smiled at Gwendolyn.

the production plan for our upcoming male protagonist drama?”

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

up to receive the documents from him.

sound of glass shattering filled

knocked Gwendolyn’s wine glass

mean it, Ms. Shalders. I must be kind of tipsy. Let me get you

did not stop