How about the future? Would she just be a stalemate in Harry's authority? But the expectations on Nicole's sweet face made it hard for her to make such a decision.
JDLH Restaurant
Harry had a dinner appointment here tonight, and later a wine party with Samuel.
When he arrived at the restaurant, it was already eight in the evening. He came in when the other shareholders just drank to their heart's full. He sort of intended to time his arrival like this.
He instantly drove away the nonsense in the room with his charisma. "Boss Si, please come in."
They politely welcomed Harry to the seat of honor. Because of his tardiness, Harry offered to drink three cups of wine as punishment.
When their talks and conversations ended, he hurriedly rushed to the bar for the wine party.
By the time he arrived, Harry began feeling light on his feet. Maybe he drank too much earlier. He calmed himself a bit and Joey opened the door for him.
Inside the room, Eason and Samuel were already singing some love songs while Chuck and Ella were drinking wine and listening to them singing.
When they saw Harry, the crowd except Chuck all started asking him to drink as punishment.
Eason put down the microphone, popped open a bottle of Brandy, filled a glass, then passed it to Harry.
Harry drank up the first glass, then the second. When it came to the third glass, Joey couldn't help but intervene for the sake of Harry. "He has drunk a lot just now. The third glass may be too much for him."
Samuel looked intently at Harry. Indeed, he looked like he has already drank enough. So he said, "All right. All right. That's enough. Let's give him a break and skip the third glass." Then they all sat down comfortably. Harry felt dizzy, so he leaned against the couch.
"Harry, how are things going in your company?" With a serious tone, Eason asked Harry curiously. Harry closed his eyes. He really didn't want to worry about business matters right now.
"I am about to get the shareholders' support. The next step is to deal with these opportunistic companies." He would never let them go easily. He would teach them a good lesson.
A chilling hatred rose from inside Harry.
The room quieted down. Then Harry seemed to have remembered something. He opened his eyes and looked at the unusually silent Chuck.
"Still unwilling to give up now? How are you?" He asked. Harry words made Samuel and Eason confused, but they knew what he was talking about.
Chuck raised his head and teased, "You think what you did really worked? You think I'm that easy to manipulate?" On his mind, Chuck clearly remembered what happened that night.
Humph! No matter how powerful a woman may be, she couldn't escape a man's control?
Harry smiled and thought to himself, "Let's just wait and see if my strategy has worked or not." He then raised his glass, "Come on, let's see who can drink more wine." He walked over to Chuck, trying to play with him.
Chuck filled his own glass and began to compete with Harry.
Samuel and Eason exchanged looks, figuring the two men will fight each other again because of a woman.
Ella beside them remained silent. But from time to time, she would cast a glance at Samuel. But at that time, Samuel was focusing his eyes on Harry and Chuck who were gulping the wine. He didn't notice Ella's eyes.
Half way there, Harry groped for his phone and texted an order to Joey. Then he continued his drinking match. Chuck was already half-drunk.
He has took too much pressure and stress recently. And now was a perfect time to relax, so Harry drank a lot.
But even if he was drunk, he didn't quit on the match. He was always the competitive guy.
In the end, Eason and Joey helped them out of the bar.
It was already midnight, but Lola was not asleep because she knew Harry was not back yet. She was always not in peace whenever Harry wasn't back home late in the evening.
When she looked at the watch again, it was around 1 o'clock in the morning. At that time, there came a sound in the hall.
She heard Harry talking with someone.
Who was it? Harry came back with whom? Was he talking to himself?
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