Chapter 23
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Emelle downed all three shots in one go. She then said with a smile, “There. May luck lead your way, Mr. Spencer. I really am upied tonight, so I won
Emelie then turned and left while William watched on darkly.
Emelle’s swift reaction
and departure left Troy’s friends with insufficient time to react and prevent her from leaving. They grumbled to themselves after Emelie left, saying she w
However, that was just as Emelle had intended.
Emelie was already trapped in a situation where her only means of leaving the room was by drinking the alcohol, just three shots. It seemed like a simpl
However, Emelie knew that while rebellion was an option, relying too heavily on it would only entertain Troy’s friends without truly advancing her cause.
Emelie didn’t want to think about how William had intended for her to drink those shots.
Meanwhile, William had extinguished his cigarette after Emelie left. He nced at the people who were drinking, which made thetter few ask, “What is
Jayden piped up, “One can get drunk very easily once one drinks different kinds of liquor. Why don’t you
check up on Emelie? After all, this is a pretty shady ce.”
Daphne tightened her grip around William’s hand and forced out a smile. “Emelie has really good alcohol
tolerance, so she should be fine. But she did appear to be in a hurry to find whoever she was looking for. Why don’t you see if she needs help, Mr. Midd
“Are you sleepy yet? Need me to drive you home?” William responded instead.
Daphne leaned against his shoulder, saying, “Not at all. I’ll keep youpany.”
Troy was more clear–minded and now thought
“I’ll check on her then.”
den had a point. He was concerned for Emelie’s safety.
Emelie called Mona’s number when Mona didn’t write her a response over text. There was a dial tone, but
no one picked up.
The light in the hallway was dim, and the scent of tobo and perfumes smelled awful
together. Emelie’s stomach churned ufortably with the heavy smells in addition to the drinks she’d downed earlier. As
she grew anxious, she began dry heaving.
As the door to the private room beside her opened and a few people walked out, Emelie stumbled into them. The man who she bumped into held her ste
didn’t mean to,”
The man was silent for a moment before saying, “It’s alright.”
Emelie was about to look up when her phone call suddenly went through. Mona could be heard saying.”
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Emelie, I’m on the third floor…”
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However, Emelie couldn’t hear what was being said after that. But there seemed to be more than one man speaking in the background. Emelle immedia
The man whom she had bumped into watched her as she ran off, his emotions unreadable.
But soon, two figures ran past the man’s vision. One of them made the man’s eyes narrow.
“Mona, which room are you in?” Emelie asked over the phone. But Mona didn’t respond anymore, which made Emelie feel very uneasy.
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Emelie reached a point where she no longer cared. She boldly opened every door to the private rooms on the third floor until she finally found where Mo
Mona looked to be in terrible agony. Emelie instantly went over to shove the two men away, making them
cuss, “Who the fuck are you?”
Emelie stood defensively in front of
Mona and nced at the table as well as the men in the room. She said calmly, “I don’t think it’s very appropriate to force a woman to drink so much, no?
The men saw how gorgeous she was and said teasingly, “We’re just having a business meeting. Who doesn’t drink during one of these?”
Emelie had grown very experienced and wise in such matters after so many years of being William’s secretary in Cloudex Corporation, so she knew she
with fire.
“Some drinks are needed when talking about business.” Emelie took Mona’s wine ss and continued, ” But drinking too much is terrible for the body. I’m
tomorrow as well. Why don’t I toast to each of you on behalf of Mona here and call it a night?”
The men chuckled unpleasantly.