The Substitute Bride

So Charles Lu was confident that she could handle the situation and close the deal on her own. What she said to Sam Lin today was only to reduce the distance between them.

Linda Zhao relaxed a bit. She smiled and told Sam, "Let's drink, Mr. Lin. It is important to have fun in life. It doesn't make any sense to care so much about the trivial details. Don't you think so?"

Linda smiled and filled Sam's glass again. "I know you are not feeling well, so I bring you red wine this time. So… should we have a toast on that?"

"Sorry, I don't drink wine." Sam said faintly.

Linda looked embarrassed for a second but continued, "Mr. Lin, come on… this is really embarrassing."

"How come…" Sam smiled and said, "Peter will drink with you, okay?"

When Sam stopped talking, Peter stood up. "Miss Zhao, please don't make things difficult for Mr. Lin. I'll drink it up with you. Please consider it as our redemption."

Peter drank up the wine without saying another word. No matter how hard Linda tried, Sam didn't drink at all. Linda was getting a bit anxious.

Till now, Sam didn't drink any wine. Linda knew very well that several business deals were closed at this table only after the involved parties were satiated with food and?drinks. If Sam remained as sober as he was now, she might not be able to finalize the deal.

Linda stood up and put her hands on Sam's shoulder. "Mr. Lin, about the cooperation..."

While she was talking, Sam stood up in an instant. Although he was talking to Linda, his eyes were on Autumn. Seeing Mr. Song force Autumn to drink, he could no longer sit still.

"Lin… Mr. Lin, what's wrong?" Linda was shocked. So was Mr. Song who was seated on the other side of the table. He stopped what he was doing to check on Sam, "Mr. Lin, what's the matter?"

"Nothing..." Sam struggled in his heart but finally sat down and told Linda, "Take a seat. There are a few details about the cooperation that

wrong. You offended Mr. Song. That's why you must apologize."

Mr. Song gave a scornful laugh and wiped his face off angrily. He marched towards Autumn and said, "Bitch, look at how I will make you suffer now."

He raised his palm and waved at Autumn's face heavily. Autumn closed her eyes. She was expecting some pain from the slap but she felt nothing. When she opened her eyes, she saw that Sam was grabbing Mr. Song's hand.

"What happened, Mr. Song? Why are you so mad?" Sam was wearing a fake smile and looked frightening.

Then Sam tightened his grip on Mr. Song's hand. Mr. Song frowned slightly and asked, "Mr. Lin, what are you doing?"

"Nothing." Sam let go of Mr. Song and said, "She's a lady after all. Don't push yourself too hard on her. Please, don't do it in front of me. I can't see a woman being attacked like that."

Mr. Song rubbed his wrist slightly and explained to Sam, "Mr. Lin, I am not someone who's being unreasonable here. This woman here humiliated me and I will make her pay for it. Just don't get involved in this. I'll handle it on my own."

"That won't work." Sam said to Mr. Song with a big smile. He slowly stepped in front of Autumn and stood in Mr. Song's way. "Now that I am here, I can't let you bully her. Mr. Song, do me a favor, please."