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,”

received the documents from his assistant and read them several times,

furrowed.

until it came to her

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

there actually someone in this world that my genius hackers

and asked, “Do you want them to

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

and lit a

iPad and asked, “Boss, you have a dinner meeting tonight, which

“Yes.”

Group took turns toasting Gwendolyn

had not refused a drink during their three rounds of

party promptly polished off six bottles of

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

was frustrated, even as she struggled to keep

to be a heavyweight at drinking. Even the directors are getting tipsy.

to collapse

red wine and downed it when the others

shot her dinner companions a smile so beatific it bordered on

had no choice but to bow

they

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

even raised her glass to

hastily turned to Suzanna, signaling

one more glass of wine, they would surely collapse

gritted her teeth in annoyance. Plying Gwendolyn

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

glances with Peter, who caught her hint and smiled

seen the production plan for

some documents and handed them to Gwendolyn, explaining. “This is the latest version. Why don’t you take a look and let us know your top picks for the

receive

of glass

wine glass

it, Ms. Shalders. I must be kind

her colleague suspiciously but did not stop her from leaving.

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