At the cassette area, in the hall of the bar.
Dyer and his classmates were sitting here. There was a lot of bottles of wine on the table. Around them, scantily dressed girls were dancing to the music.
Dyer picked up his glass and drank a glass of wine with classmates. After looking around, he said with a smile, "Where is the guy named Casey? Could it be that he's hiding in the corner and secretly staring at us?"
"Isn't that guy kept by a woman? Maybe he manages to pick up a 60-year-old rich woman after coming here." A boy sitting next to Dyer said with a smile.
Hearing it, they all immediately laughed. They directly laughed at Casey.
Among them, only Nova frowned. In her opinion, it was too bad for these people to taunt Casey like that. However, she couldn't speak for Casey. She just hoped that she could leave here as soon as possible.
After giving Nova a glance, Dyer noticed her expression. Previously, Dyer thought that Nova would get to know what sort of person Casey was and thus began to consider Casey to be a toy boy like everyone else did after they laughed at Casey.
However, judging from Nova's expression, it was obvious that she thought it inappropriate for them to laugh at Casey and that she wanted to speak for Casey.
Previously, he was smiling. After seeing that, his face was immediately dark. Soon after that, he turned his head, looked at the boy beside him and said a few words in a low voice.
That boy put on a knowing smile. Then, he stood up and left the cassette.
Before long, that boy came back with a few middle-aged men. Those middle-aged men stood beside their cassette as if nothing had happened, turned around and watched the women who were performing on the dancing floor. That boy sat down at the cassette again.
Seeing that, Dyer put on a playful smile. Then he picked up his glass, looked at Nova and stood up.
"Nova, it seems that you are a little unhappy. Is there anything wrong with my hospitality? I’m going to make an apology to you by drinking with you. How about that?" Dyer said.
Nova hurriedly waved her hand and said, "I don't drink. I’m fine. You don't have to worry about me. Just have fun."
"Nova, you shouldn't say that. Today, it's Dyer that treats us. The wines on our table are extremely expensive. At ordinary times, even if we want to drink these wines, we have not chance to do so. Now, Dyer wants to have a drink with you. Why not drink with him?" The boy sitting beside Dyer said.
After that, the rest of them immediately began to try to persuade Nova to have a drink with Dyer.
"Nova, have a drink with Dyer. Anyway, you won't get drunk after drinking a glass of wine. We come here to have fun, and you should show some respect to Dyer." Seeing that others were trying to persuade Nova, Elodie also spoke.
Hearing all that, Nova was a little embarrassed. She didn't understand why they considered her not drinking wine to be a disrespect to Dyer.
Considering that she wouldn't get drunk after drinking a glass of wine, Nova nodded at Dyer and said, "Well, I'll have a drink with you."
Then she picked up the glass in front of her. The boy sitting beside her immediately poured a full glass of wine for her.
"Nova, stand up and drink with Dyer. You can show your respect to him in this way." That boy stood up with a smile.
Nova had no idea about it. Therefore, after hearing him say so, she stood up and proposed a toast to Dyer like the actors and actresses did on TV.
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