Chapter 8. Unspoken Toast

Taya's POV

Seeing me hesitate, the man suddenly smiled. “Don’t worry. There isn’t any wolfsbane in this.”

The man’s gentle demeanor put me at ease. I accepted the wine and took a small sip, but I still felt unsure about drinking it.

The woman sitting next to the man noticed my hesitation and began to sneer. “Beta Starke, the girlfriend you found is awful. Preston kindly poured her a drink, but she was too scared to drink it. How rude.”

Preston… This must be Griffon’s cousin, Preston Knight, also a playboy but not as depraved as Roman. When I was still Griffon’s secret lover, I never met any of his family or friends. I couldn’t help but take a few more glances at Preston. He looked a little similar to Griffon, but not nearly as cold as him.

The woman’s face darkened when she saw that I didn’t bother to react to what she said. If it were anyone else, they would have understood what she meant, apologized to Preston, and drunk the entire gl