Alana composed herself and said, her face flushed, “I... I choose to share a glass of wine with him.”
Upon hearing this, Stephan’s smile widened even further.
He immediately said, “Let’s share a glass of wine, my darling.”
Everyone gasped.
In the end, it had become just another part of their little couple’s game.
Someone poured a glass of wine for Stephan.
Someone else poured a glass of wine for Alana.
Stephan recalled something and declined on Alana’s behalf, “Get her a juice instead; she doesn’t hold her liquor very well.”
Everyone sighed.
So dramatic.
Alana’s face flushed slightly again.
Her bashful demeanor was enough to set any man’s heart racing.
Stephan eagerly picked up a glass of juice handed to him by someone else, raised an eyebrow at Alana, and said, “Here, have a drink.”
Alana bit her lip, picked up the glass in front of him, slowly crossed her arm with his, and drank the liquid he offered.
The people around them cheered them on.
After taking a sip of the juice, Alana was so embarrassed she couldn’t help but bury her face in Stephan’s chest, not wanting to face anyone.
Stephan curved his lips into a smile and pulled Alana into his embrace. “All right, stop teasing her. My girlfriend is a bit shy; she can’t handle all this commotion.”
The crowd teased him. “Who would’ve thought Stephan was such a wife-protecting maniac!”
“He’s not just a wife-protecting maniac... he’s a wife-show-off maniac too!”
“Now that you’re getting married, are you going to be a pushover under your wife’s thumb?”
Stephan cleared his throat. “Mind your own business. Let’s get back to the game!”
After that, the bottle’s mouth wasn’t aimed at Alana anymore.
Thankfully, it didn’t land on her, otherwise, the next round of the game would have left her so embarrassed she’d have wanted to tear her hair out.
What she never could have imagined was that when the bottle pointed at Gary, everyone demanded he find a woman right there to French kiss for three minutes.
Without a moment’s hesitation, he grabbed Laura by the back of the head and pressed his lips against hers.
They kissed until their lips were practically glued together before pulling apart.
Alana watched, completely dumbfounded.
Hadn’t Laura just said that her relationship with Gary was simply that of a boss and a subordinate?
Was a boss-subordinate relationship really the kind of thing that leads to kissing? And Laura had also mentioned she had a fiancé...
This, this, this...
What on earth was going on?
Alana felt her imagination just wasn’t up to the task.
Laura hadn’t expected Gary to suddenly kiss her in front of so many people either.
Plus, she had just explained to Alana that she and Gary weren’t in that kind of relationship, and now she’d just contradicted herself.
Feeling extremely embarrassed, she made up an excuse to escape: “I... I’m going to the restroom.”
Laura hurriedly got up and left.
Gary watched Laura’s retreating figure for a moment, paused, then stood up as well.
“I’m going out for a bit, too.”
The two left, but the others’ enthusiasm for the game remained undiminished.
Stephan peeled an orange for Alana and fed her a segment.
“Are you still playing? If not, let’s head home now.”
Alana swallowed the orange segment and realized she needed to use the restroom.
“Yeah, I’ll go to the bathroom first.”
Stephan smiled. “Do you want me to come with you?”
Alana shook her head. “No, I’ll go by myself.”
Stephan nodded. “Alright. The restroom isn’t far... just turn right when you leave the private room and go straight to the end.”
Alana gave a soft “Mm-hmm” and stood up to leave.
Following Stephan’s directions, she indeed found the restroom.
She entered the women’s restroom and went into a small stall to relieve herself.
But she found it odd.
Laura and Gary had gone to the restroom one after the other, and she had been gone longer than they had.
So why hadn’t she seen them return when she came out?
She couldn’t figure it out.
Alana didn’t dwell on it. After finishing her business and washing her hands, she headed back.
On her way back, she passed a private room and faintly heard a familiar voice coming from inside.
The door to the private room wasn’t closed all the way. Driven by curiosity, she couldn’t resist peeking through the crack.
Just one glance, and she was stunned...
She saw Laura pinned down on the sofa by Gary.
Her off-white bodycon skirt had been pushed up to her waist.
A pair of fair, slender legs were exposed.
One leg dangled off the edge of the sofa, while the other remained draped across it.
Her silver high heels had come loose, dangling from her rounded toes, teetering on the brink of falling as they swayed back and forth.
Laura’s face was flushed, her mouth wide open as she gasped for breath; she had clearly lost consciousness.
Alana’s eyes widened in shock at the sight, unable to believe what she was seeing. She instinctively stepped back, only to bump into a hard body.
She turned around in surprise and saw a handsome, familiar face. Startled, she instinctively cried out, “Ste...”
He quickly reached out and covered her lips with his hand.
Leaning close to her ear, his voice was low and hoarse, “Enough. Don’t look. Let’s go home.”
After speaking, he cast one last glance through the crack in the private room door, seeing the two people lost in their passion.
He paused for a moment, then reached out and pulled the private room door shut tightly...
Alana was led back to the car by Stephan, her face flushed and heart racing, unable to compose herself for a long time.
She had been deeply shaken by the scene she had just witnessed.
Stephan glanced at Alana out of the corner of his eye. Seeing her face flushed bright red, he asked deliberately;
“What’s wrong? Why is your face so red?”
Alana couldn’t help but shoot the man a reproachful glance... he knew exactly what
she was thinking!
Stephan gazed at her flushed cheeks, a meaningful smile playing at the corners of his mouth. “Did seeing that scene get your heart racing?”
Alana said, her face flushed, “I... I didn’t mean to look.”
Besides, she hadn’t expected to see such a scene inside.
If she’d known it would be like this, she wouldn’t have been curious enough to take a second look.
Besides, just a moment ago she’d been wondering where Laura and Gary had gone, they hadn’t come back for so long... and the next moment, she saw the two of them in another private room...
Stephan chuckled, reaching out to pinch Alana’s cheek. “Even if you didn’t mean to look, you shouldn’t be thinking about other men all the time!”
“I...”
“I wasn’t thinking about...”
Stephan pinched her flushed cheeks again, calling her out. “Your face is so red... weren’t you thinking about it the whole time just now?”
Alana pouted.
She was at a loss for words.
Stephan suddenly began to gently stroke her face. “Sweetheart, in your heart, who’s better... me or that Gary guy?”
Alana’s eyes widened instantly. “How... how can you even compare that? I’ve never experienced it with your friend, so of course I don’t know who’s better...”
Stephan’s voice was suddenly thick with jealousy. “What? Are you planning to try it with him?”
Alana immediately shook her head. “No, no, no! I’ve never even thought of that!”
Stephan chuckled, “You wouldn’t have the chance anyway.”
Alana blinked.
The thought that Alana’s mind might be filled with another man right now made Stephan feel rather uneasy.
That damn Gary, couldn’t he find a more secluded spot to fool around?
It was bad enough that his woman saw him, but to corrupt her moral integrity as well?
The more Stephan thought about it, the angrier he got. “Sweetheart, how about we try something a little more exciting? What do you say?”
He had to find a way to use something even more thrilling to override the images Alana had just seen in her mind.
Alana didn’t react right away. “Wha...what?”
“Something even more thrilling... in the car, or out in the wild...”
As soon as she heard this, Alana’s face flushed bright red.
“No, we can’t...”
She wasn’t that bold.