Chapter 42
Seeing that Gabrielle was being given a hard time, I stepped forward and held out the gift I had prepared.
“I’m here to apologize to your boss. This box contains his favorite wine. Are you sure you don’t want to let us in?”
The woman let out a cold snort.
Awaiter leaned in and whispered to her, “Velvet, maybe you should tellMr.Guzman? He loves collecting these kinds of things,and it looks like the wine she brought might be something special………..
The woman called Velvet scoffed and looked down at me. “Ifthiswere someone else’s gift, I might consider it. But coming from her? We don’t want anything, from
This women
Gabrielle and exchanged a look
As expected, our gut feeling was right, velvet clearly knew me, and she definitely didn’t İlke me.
“You’re not Mr. Guzman here, which means you don’t make the decisions,”Isaidcoolly. “Whether I’m allowed in or not is up to him, not you.”
Velvet clearly wasn’t expecting me to talk back Her tace tuned sour just as the door to the private room opened and a tall man stepped out. “Velvet, Mr. Guzman said to let her in.”
“Spade!” she mattered through gritted teeth, stomping her foot in frustration.
I couldn’t help but laugh–Velvet and Spade? What kind of names were those?
velvet shot me a glare and sorted before storming offinaluft.
On the other hand, Spaderemainedexpressionless. “This way, Ms. Sawyer.”
Inoddedand walkedinwith Gabrielle.
La Doghouse was just as noisy and chaotic as its name suggested, but susade the pilvate room, it was quiet,
As soon as I stepped in, a faint scent caught my attention. I couldn’t help but smile. Frederick might look flashy, but his taste was pretty flashy ton What kind of man liked burning smoky scented candles?
Just then, Frederick’s hoarse voice interrupted my thoughts. “What do you want from me?
1 looked up to see Frederick lounging on the sofa, wearing a black sillshit with the top buttons undone, giving himaroguish chann.
1stepped forward and handed him the gift box “I heard you collect same wine. This is for you
Frederick raised an eyebouw. “If you low 1 collect wine, then you should also know I don’t waste my time on the cheapstuff.
1 smiled “Just take alookYou’see.”
Sering my confident expression, Frederick letouta cold laugh, set down his wine glass, and casually opened the box. The moment his eyes landed on the bottle inside, his expression sluited.
He raised an eyebrow “First Love?”
“Youknowthisone?” asked feeling a little surprised.
He sorted, “How could I not? I aslad you togiveme this bottle years ago. You called medelusional and cursed me out like I owedyoumoney,”
““That happened?”
hostly didn’t remember. I felt a little embarrassed, but I didn’t let it show. “Well, you didsavemy life. Ligured it’s only right I make it up to you.”
First, you said it wasathank you gift, and now it’s an apology? Are you tryingtogettwofavors from one present?” he sneered, “No wonder you’ve beenwithJonathantoolong.You’wpicked up all his calculating tricks.”
His sarcasm was biting, but I didn’t take il personally. In fact, I smiled. “What do you think? Eitherway, I came bearing sincerity.”
I tapped theboxBelitly. “The question is, does this wine pass your standards?”
Frodench gave another dismissive soon, but he seemed less cold now, though he still wore that devil–may–care look
long beli,” he purred. “If you’d tried buttering the up earlier, maybe you wouldn’t be in such a mess now.”
He took the bottle and handed it off to Spade, who nodded and carried it away.
“What doyoutrally want?” he asked
I smiled again >Didn’t already say?It’sa
orderick saw night through me “Don’t Leal like a fool You’re way too clever to just show up here for no reason. Just saywhatyou want.”