Dangerous Love: You Are My One and Only Bride novel Chapter 1173

Robin was never good at saying no, so to save her from embarrassment, Arianne received her glass and said, “Cheers.”

That pleased Sylvain, who immediately sat between Robin and Arianne. “Now, that’s more like it.”

Robin had never interacted with men before, so the abrupt arrangement that came out of left field quickly stifled her, causing the poor girl to straighten her back before freezing in that stiff position. Unfortunately, Sylvain was so extroverted and carefree that he wrapped his arm around Robin’s shoulder in a swoop.

“Soooo! I heard you’re Arianne’s lil’ puppy. Methinks you shouldn't adopt too much of your master’s reticence. It doesn’t add to your charm if you keep things to yourself and don’t talk,” he pointed out.

Arianne quickly raised her voice and clarified, “Excuse me, but she isn’t my ‘puppy.’ The correct term you were looking for is ‘protégé,’ okay? ‘Puppy,’ seriously? It sounds unflattering. And also, she’s never had a boyfriend before, so please don’t act so casually like that. You’re scaring her.”

It was only then that Sylvain realized that Robin’s face had turned flaming scarlet. Swiftly, he removed his arm from her shoulder. “Oops, sorry. Force of habit; hope you don’t mind.”

“U-Uh, no, I d-don’t,” Robin offered hurriedly.

As the mood of the party grew, Robin gradually loosened up. At one point, she lugged Arianne to join others in their games. They drank even more but ate too little to offset the creeping influence of alcohol.

A while later, a waitress presented a bottle of champagne to the circle. Sylvain declared promptly, “This is for Ariannne Tremont! Consider this my gratitude for having you as my colleague.”

Arianne knew she was not good enough to finish it herself—and she was not keen on the idea of drinking it clean at the cost of being carried out of the establishment completely knocked out. Hence, she decided to share. “Let’s all drink this together.”