The game kept getting more and more heated. Stefan�s thick eyebrows were slightly knitted as he was forced to focus completely on the game.

�Five!�

Renee was holding out five fingers in one hand and a holding out two closed fists.

Renee clapped in excitement and laughed like a child. �I�m sorry, but it looks like you�ve lost,

Mr. Hunt! Now drink!�

�I lost?� Stefan asked, visibly confused.

It had only been seconds ago when he was contemplating whether or not he should go easy on Renee, but now he had lost to her?

The onlookers were all stumped, but none of them dared to utter a word. After all, they knew that it must have been humiliating for a grown man to lose to a woman in a drinking game.

Emotionlessly, Stefan ordered Elijah to pour him another glass of wine. He gulped it down in one go and told Renee, �Let�s continue.�

Renee stifled a smile and pretended to be the grateful damsel in distress, telling Stefan, �You really are every bit the gentleman they say you are, Mr. Hunt! Thank you for going easy on me just now, but let�s both be serious this time. You don�t have to go easy on me anymore, just play to your best abilities.�

Stefan�s expression darkened, but he merely pursed his lips and said nothing. It was just a coincidence, he told himself. What happened just now must have been a coincidence! All he had to do now was concentrate and plays using his true strength!

The second round soon began.

Unfortunately, this round proved to be even more baffling, as Stefan quickly lost after only two turns.

�You need to drink another glass, Mr. Hunt.�

They then went on to play a third round, then a fourth, then a fifth�

By now it was unsurprising that every round ended in defeat for Stefan.

Although Stefan could hold his liquor pretty well, he had almost emptied the whole decanter, and his head was starting to spin.

Even Renee was getting exhausted. She yawned and lazily suggested, �Why don�t we end it here, Mr. Hunt? If you drink any more, you�ll certainly get drunk.�

�No,� refused Stefan. �We�ll continue!� He looked frustrated and confused.

Left without a choice, Renee could do nothing but go along with him. She had suspected that Stefan might be pretty lousy at the game, but she never expected him to be this bad. It seemed that the man�s life had been just like the man himself � cold and painfully uninteresting. She could tell with one glance that Stefan was the kind of guy who never hung out in bars and nightclubs much, which was why he was so bad at playing drinking games. JrNovels.com