"Okay."
James turned to look at the person next to him. He gave an order in Glorian, "Go get the doctor."
Then, he spoke to Violeta, "I'd like to invite you all upstairs for a drink."
Violeta glanced at Eugene, who was behind her.
James added, "I'll have your friend treated."
"Fine."
It seemed that if they refused the invitation, James wouldn't let them leave.
In just a short while, the situation had completely turned around.
What was originally a deadlock was now in their favour, and it was all due to Violeta's quick thinking.
Felix was carrying Eugene. Aster looked at Violeta with awe; she exclaimed, "Ms. White, you rock! You just knocked that Glorian down with a couple of moves. My gosh, you're so cool!!"
Violeta smiled at them and said, "As long as the problem is solved."
Eugene clutched his chest in pain. He coughed and said, "Beauty, if I'd known you were this good at fighting, I wouldn't have tried to act tough. Cough! Cough! Why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Violeta replied, "I was about to, but you interrupted me."
Eugene coughed again. "Cough! Cough! It's fate. I was destined for this!"
Felix said, "Eugene, you're seriously injured. Don't talk!"
No one expected that just moments ago, they were adversaries.
James now invited the four of them into the winery as respectable guests.
Later, a doctor arrived to examine Eugene. He had a dislocated arm and multiple injuries. He needed to go to the hospital for further tests.
Without delay, Felix accompanied Eugene to the hospital.
Aster stayed with Violeta at the winery. Although Aster was quite scared, she stayed because she feared James might come up with more strange and perverse ideas to torment Violeta.
But she was overthinking it.
After entering the winery, James didn't come to them, nor did anyone else.
It was Wendy who approached them.
After greeting Violeta, Wendy took out a script to discuss with her.
She asked, "This isn't the full script, is it?"
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