Lucas had never been a fan of long speeches so the speech he had prepared was very short and straightforward. Even though everyone was obliged to listen to what he would have to say, he was not very talkative, especially in such settings.

After he finished addressing everything that he needed to about the new product, he Thanked everyone for attending the event before he got down from the stage.

Everyone clapped as he left the stage and he went directly to Jen's side even though a lot of people started crowding around him. Now both of them were crowded by people. Lucas wrapped an arm around Jen's slim waist and pulled her close to him so that she did not get crowded out.

On the other side of the hall, Nancy stood stiffly as David had an arm around her bare shoulders. He had ended up spending a lot more time with her than she had expected.

He would only occasionally go to Lucas but he stuck to her side for most of the night and he had even introduced her as his girlfriend to a lot of his acquaintances.

She turned to look at him and at that moment he had also turned to check on her. When her eyes met his amber eyes her face flushed into a pretty shade of pink almost immediately.

He had very intense eyes and even the glasses that he was wearing did not reduce the effect that they had on her. The glasses made him look very much like an intellectual. She felt like he would be able to pass off as a professor if he chose to do so.

"Are you alright?" David asked as he looked at her flushed face. She was avoiding his gaze. Nancy nodded and drank her wine.

She had been so nervous that night that she had completely lost track of how many glasses of wine she had already drunk. She would not be surprised if she had drunk enough wine to fill two bottles.

David slightly frowned when he saw her bring the wine glass to her lips before he took the glass from her.

He did not think she was doing fine, especially since she had been drinking so much. He stopped a passing waiter and handed the glass over to him before asking him to get him a bottle of water.

"Don't worry about me, I'm really fine" Nancy said trying to reassure David that nothing was wrong with her.

"You've had fourteen glasses of wine, you might as well line up four bottles and drink directly from them" David said slightly annoyed.

He was worried that she had gotten herself drunk. He knew how much she had been drinking because he made sure that she was never out of his sight. He knew how easy it was for people to take advantage of her especially in that setting.

"Fourteen?" Nancy asked as she looked at David in disbelief.

"You think you're still sober right?" David asked as he pushed away the stray strands of hair that had gotten to her face. Nancy nodded as if it was obvious.

She was very sober, she felt very sober and did not think she had had that much to drink. She thought she had around six to eight glasses so when David said fourteen she couldn't help but be surprised.

To whoever was watching the two of them, they would think that David was doting on her but he was actually scolding her and she was too drunk to care.

"Do you realise that the only reason you are standing upright is because I'm supporting all your weight?" David asked with an amused smile. After hearing what David said, she realised that he was actually telling the truth and he was not just trying to mess with her.

She did not know that she had gotten so carried away. She had substituted everything that she was supposed to put in her stomach with alcohol.

When she was feeling thirsty she drank a glass of wine, when she felt hungry she drank wine as well, also when she wanted to have some wine she would also drink wine. She accumulated that number of glasses over the period of a couple of hours.

David had been taking such good care of her that she had not even realised that she had already gotten drunk. The waiter came back with the bottle of water that David had asked for and handed it to him.

David thanked him with a polite smile and proceeded to usher Nancy out of the hall towards the doors that led to the gardens. If Jen had seen them she would have recognised the doors that the couple had passed through.

Nancy's eyes widened when she saw that the door opened onto a very expansive garden. The garden that was still being developed looked a lot better than it did a few months ago.

The hotel had put in a lot of effort to make the garden appear as natural as possible even though the shrubbery was trimmed it was not to the point where it looked like the plants were not allowed to grow past a certain length.

"This place is beautiful," Nancy said and walked out of David's hands. She immediately realised that what she did was a huge mistake when she lost her balance and started falling.

She could not even properly try to find her balance because of the high heeled shoes that she was wearing.

David hurriedly caught her arm and pulled her towards him. He had used a lot of strength so Nancy was dragged into his arms like a rag doll.

"Are you okay?" David asked Nancy who was still trying to find her bearings. Nancy looked up at him from his chest and David felt his heart race. Her watery eyes looked at him seemingly innocent. Seeing how glassy her eyes were, he finally understood how drunk she actually was.

David cleared his throat and took a deep breath as if the cool night air would cool off his body. He avoided her gaze and started looking for a place where they could sit so that she would sober up a bit. Nancy continued to look at him curiously.

She never thought that David would be that strong, he did not look particularly well built like Lucas did so she had underestimated him. However, now that she was standing flush against his body she could feel the powerful body that was hidden behind the suit that he was wearing.

She brought her arm and held his upper arm curiously and she felt the trained muscles that were easily felt under his suit. Her mind immediately went into the gutter and her mouth became dry. She smacked her lips together as if she was trying to accumulate some moisture in it.

David looked at her once more and his eyes narrowed when he saw how she was looking at him. He really didn't know what to do with her. She was clearly looking at him like he was something to eat.

"Are you thirsty?" David asked deciding to focus on the fact that she had been smacking her lips before. Nancy looked at him for a few more seconds before she nodded and David handed her the bottle he was holding. He did not know what to do with her.