Just as he finished speaking, the two party girls near them immediately opened two bottles of cold beer.
Hugh slowly approached Herring. Sophia's arms were draped on Hugh's as they casually stood beside Colin. Holding the bottle of beer that Herring gave him, Hugh apologized, "I was late because I had an important meeting. It has nothing to do with Sophia. I'll drink for her, then!"
Upon hearing this, other men started to boo. They hated that a beautiful woman would not drink just because of his partner. "Mr.Hugh, I'm 100 percent sure that she's you girlfriend now. You have become so protective of her! I have never seen you like this before!"
"A hero saves the beautiful woman! What a story!"
With a smile, Hugh looked at the man who just teased him, "I am chasing her! I am trying to win this beautiful woman's heart. Isn't it something I should do? How could I let go of a pretty girl like her?"
"Oh! I see! So Ms. Lo, what are you waiting for?? You may never meet someone as rich and handsome as Hugh again! Accept him and start a new life with this handsome bachelor!" Flynn Fan, the regional CEO who just came here to work a couple of years ago, said with a hint of excitement. He knew nothing about the things that happened between them before. He doesn't have any idea about Colin and Sophia's past.
Sophia felt everyone was staring at her. She felt a bit uncomfortable but still managed to smile. "Hugh deserves someone much better than me. An average designer like me is never worthy of a man like him! There are better women than me!"
"I didn't expect that she's this modest. She is really humble! It makes her more beautiful!" Flynn became interested of Sophia. He let go of the girl beside him and picked up a glass of wine. Then he walked up to her, "I wonder if Ms. Lo would care to join me in a drink. It would be a privilege for a beautiful woman like you to sit beside me."
Casting a glance at the wine in his hand, Hugh quickly whispered in Sophia's ears, "He's the regional CEO of Jingguan Entertainment Company in A Country. His name is Flynn. He's quite a famous man in Green Cold Country. Won't you share a drink with him? That will do good for your image. Go ahead."
Several people around him overheard what he just said since he did not keep his voice down. Flynn smiled when he heard Hugh introducing him to the pretty lady.
Sophia did not expect that had to drink out of courtesy soon after she walked in the party. This was happening too fast.
She had't even eaten anything yet! She guessed that she probably would get drunk tonight. "There's no harm in starting early, then." She thought to herself. Smiling, she picked up the glass of wine, let go of Hugh's hand and charmingly walked up to Flynn. She clinked glasses with him. "Thanks for your appreciation. Mr. Fan. Cheers!"
They clinked glasses and drank the wine in just one gulp.
After the two have bottomed up their glasses, a man standing nearby began to tease Hugh again, "Mr.Hugh, now it's your turn to drink! It would be a shame if you don't get to drink for your own woman! How about two bottles?! You can do it!"
Hugh picked up a bottle in front him, and drank it all up. He didn't want his manhood to be questioned at all.
Seeing there was not a single drop in his bottle, every girl in the room was attracted to his glamour and charm.
Each girl immediately had a desire to have a thing with Hugh tonight. They saw him as the most handsome bachelor in A Country. Their eyes turned to Sophia, and was instantly envious that Hugh has chosen her as his date.
Sophia pulled on Hugh's sleeve, "Let me do this. Come on."
Since Herring had turned down the music a bit, a lot of people heard what Sophia just said. She didn't know that she will be overheard as she kept her voice down low.
"Oh! They probably have started dating already! Ms. Lo doesn't even want Hugh to take a second bottle! She's very protective of him!"
The others laughed and were having a good time as well, "Why don't the two of you cross your cups with each other while drinking? You're like a true couple anyway!"
"Brilliant idea! Cross your cups of wine! Oh! Cross-cupped wine!
Cross-cupped wine! Do it!"
All of the people in this room seemed to be shouting these phrases at this very moment. Feeling embarrassed, Sophia secretly cast a glance at the man not far from her.
Colin looked a bit strange right now. He was quietly sitting with his right arm holding Dorothy and a girl leaning on his left shoulder. He was such a playboy right now! "How merry he is!" Sophia cursed him as she thought to herself.
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