"If this had been said in the past, Oliver Charles definitely wouldn't have believed it.
However, after the recent events, he has come to view Jade Fox with newfound respect.
"You haven't told me yet why you didn't drink that spiked drink?"
Jade Fox gulped down a mouthful of alcohol and said, "You should know that I run a small bar overseas. It's the same everywhere, places like bars tend to reveal the darker side of human nature."
"Twenty-one years ago, spending a night with your brother, Brandon Lowry, was because I got schemed against. Ever since then, whenever I go to any bar to drink, I only drink what I can see. You can't stumble at the same spot twice, can you?"
So that was it!
I never realized she was quite the intelligent woman.
Oliver Charles found himself slightly altering his impression of her.
He asked the bartender for a drink and questioned, "Why haven't you remarried all these years?"
"Because I don't want to."