novelraw Chapter 857 - 857: You Dare to Leave
Chapter 857 - 857: You Dare to Leave
Three hours later, Aurelia Shaw arrived at the club where she had arranged to meet with the Viscount.In the private room, Viscount Zhou had already downed three glasses of strong liquor, and the people around him watched him cautiously. One person bravely approached and said, "Young Master Zhou, you should drink less. Maybe Aurelia Shaw is on her way, and she didn't hear your call."
"Bang—!" Viscount Zhou slammed the glass onto the table, silently thinking: It better be like that!
He took out his phone and dialed Aurelia Shaw's number again.
This time, the ringtone came from outside the door.
The Viscount looked toward the door, and someone had already stood up to open it. Sure enough, they saw Aurelia Shaw standing outside, about to enter.
She glanced at the person opening the door and peeked inside.
"Aurelia, you're finally here. If you hadn't come, Young Master Zhou would have almost destroyed the outside!" Dorian Evans lamented.
"You talk too much!" Viscount Zhou muttered. His gaze towards Aurelia Shaw was filled with blame, but even more with grievance, "Why are you so late? I arranged to meet at one, and now it's past four. Were you planning on standing me up?"
"Then should I just head back?" Aurelia Shaw retorted.
"You wouldn't dare go back." Viscount Zhou suddenly stood up. His eyes met Aurelia Shaw's raised eyebrows, clearly upset, but he dared not utter any more harsh words. "I haven't seen you for over half a month. I was the one who called to ask you out, yet you kept me waiting for three hours. Do you think this is fair to me?"
"Weren't you the one who said I abandon my friends for someone good-looking?" Aurelia Shaw walked in and picked up a glass of fruit wine from the table. "I'll drink a glass as an apology to you, alright?"
Everyone knew Aurelia Shaw couldn't handle her alcohol well. Just one glass of fruit wine could make her half-drunk. However, there was a girl in the room who didn't know and giggled, "Apologizing with fruit wine? I could drink over a dozen glasses of this myself."
Viscount Zhou shot a cold glare over.
Dorian Evans quickly covered his girl's mouth and apologized to Viscount Zhou, "Young Master Zhou, she doesn't know about Aurelia's situation. Please don't take it personally."
Viscount Zhou was infamous for being domineering. Whoever dared to mess with Aurelia was essentially picking a fight with him.
He had someone bring 20 glasses of fruit wine, a wicked smile playing on his lips, "If you drink all of these, I won't be mad."
"Master Wang." The girl tugged at Dorian Evans' sleeve coquettishly.
Dorian Evans frowned impatiently, "Didn't you say you could drink over a dozen glasses? Then go ahead and drink."
She doesn't know the rules of the circle at all. Did this woman really think that by sleeping with him once, she could suddenly rise in social standing?
The girl glanced worriedly at the table, "I said over a dozen, but these, there must be twenty glasses here."
Dorian Evans picked up a glass and downed it.
"Alright, you've had your dozen. Hurry up and drink. If you don't, you can leave."
With red-rimmed, aggrieved eyes, the woman didn't want to leave just like that. She mustered her courage and picked up a glass. After downing 19 glasses of alcohol, she ran to the washroom covering her mouth, stumbling.
"Hey!" Aurelia Shaw nudged the Viscount with her leg, "Isn't it wrong to bully a young girl like that?"
Who told her to bully you! Viscount Zhou did not say what he was thinking out loud, "She wants money, I give her money. It's a mutual agreement. If she doesn't want to drink, no one is forcing her."
He paused and looked at Aurelia Shaw, "Since when did you grow a saintly heart?"
A saintly heart?
These words didn't quite fit her.
She just thought of that girl's age, similar to that of her fans. Imagining those adorable kids who support her finding themselves in a situation like this one day...