A Crazy One-night Stand novel Chapter 12

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A text message came in. 

Reading the text message, a woman's cold and ruthless voice spoke up. "Alina Miller, I going to make you pay!"

She replied to the text. "I don't think tonight is the right time. Continue reporting to me about her whereabouts!"

It was indeed hard to do anything with so many people at the barbecue. At the very least, it was hard to do it without being noticed and without leaving a trace.

Mia felt a little relieved after reading the text message. She could enjoy her dinner in peace tonight. 

Modern barbecue was a self-serviced, buffet-style restaurant. Alina was in charge of the grill. 

As for the beer, she ordered several cartons immediately.

There were four or five male colleagues in the design department, all of them could hold their liquor. Other female colleagues were quite good drinkers as well. 

Although Alina had lower tolerance to alcohol, she let herself loose that day. While she waited for the meat to cook, she had a few drinks with her colleagues. Rosie was allergic to alcohol, so she was the designated driver for the night. Alina knew if she got a little tipsy, Rosie will send her home. 

Everyone ate their fill. After that, they started playing drinking games, the loser would down their glasses. Rosie was the referee to prevent cheating since she couldn't drink. Everybody was having a great time.

Alina was busy at the grill when she suddenly saw two familiar figures walking past her. It was Ken and Anne.

Ken was wearing a tailored suit that showed off his slender figure. Alina's heart twinged with pain when she saw Ken again. She remembered the past when they were still together, Ken loved to hug her warmly. He was affectionate and always said sweet things like, "Alina, I can't bear to be apart from you for even a minute. What should I do? 

"I really don't want to take over my family business. If I do that, I can't spend more time with you!

"Dearest, I love you so much. I can't wait any longer to marry you. 

"Why don't we secretly register our marriage?"

Seeing this, Jenny was stunned and could not help exclaiming, "Wow, Alina, seems like you are a good drinker as well, I never knew that. Come on, Mia, Mark, and Zoey. Let's drink to our hearts' content!"

"All right!"

"Alina, cheers! Thanks for your treat today!"

"Alina, here's another bottle for you!"

"Come on, Alina, down the whole bottle!"

Alina joined in with her colleagues, downing one bottle after another. Soon, her face turned red and her eyes glazed over. Her vision blurred and everything around her seemed to be spinning. 

"Alina, you can't drink anymore!" Rosie quickly took the bottle from her hand.

"Nonsense, I'm not drunk!" She wasn't drunk. Why wasn't she when she had drank so much? Ken's words were still ringing in her mind, her past memories were still so vivid. She couldn't forget the man who betrayed her!