Sophia said, smiling, "Well, you have to be good at drinking to do business, right? I have drunk three glasses of wine to fulfill my promise to Mr. Porter. Now, shall we start eating?"
"Okay! I am really hungry now!"
And then everyone began to eat.
But before long, Hank stood up, walked to Sophia and said with his glass in his hand, "Ms. Lawson, I'd like to propose a toast to you."
Sophia couldn't refuse it. She said with a smile, "Of course, Mr. Parks."
Before drinking, Hank said, "I have worked in the company for the least years here, and I am very honored to be here at the same table with all of you. Ms. Lawson, I hope we can become close partners at work."
Sophia seemed to casually say, "I have seen your resume. Although you are the youngest here, you have huge potential. I believe that as long as you do well in your job, you will have a promising future."
Hank squinted his eyes and couldn't quite understand what Sophia's words meant. Did she know that he and Spencer were colluding?
But no one in the company knew it. How could she, someone who had just started working here, knew that?
Or maybe he was just thinking too much? She didn't mean anything at all?
Thinking of this, Hank just politely answered, "Ms. Lawson, Thank you for your appreciation, I will work hard!"
Both of them drank up the wine.
Spencer smiled, "Ms. Lawson, you are a really good drinker!"
Sophia smiled and said, "I can't sit here if I don't have some true ability. After all, my family can't do everything for me. I gotta make it on my own in the business world."
Sophia said bluntly, but also with a hidden message
Spencer's face didn't change and he had been wearing a sly smile, "I have seen a lot of ladies coming from rich families trying to start a business on their own, but never had I met someone so competent like you. I admire you, Ms. Lawson."
"I'd like to propose another toast to you."
Sophia had anticipated this, so before she came, she brought some pills to keep herself sober. She couldn't let Spencer get her drunk!
She grabbed her glass, "Of course, Mr. Porter."
Everyone stared at them, dumbfounded. They often had social engagements with clients, but never drank so much wine as Sophia did.
But Sophia drank so much and didn't seem to feel anything.
Mr. Porter was determined to get her drunk today and he was sure he could.
At dinner, he kept winking at a few men, who pretended not to see it.
But they couldn't keep ignoring him, so they all stood up one by one after that.
"Ms. Lawson, I'd also like to propose a toast to you."
Sophia noticed Spencer's winking, but she didn't care much about it and kept raising her glass.
However, the executive who proposed the toast said to her, "Ms. Lawson, you drank a lot just now, you don't have to drink. This is just me showing my respect to you."
Spencer looked at him with a warning look but the executive ignored him.
Sophia sneered. In this society, this was just how things worked. Men chased after benefits and obeyed people who could bring benefits to them.
"Thank you then, Mr. Martin."
"You are welcome!"
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