Chapter 1217: 636: Extra Story: The Little White Rabbit Falls for the Trap, the Big Gray Wolf Sneaks a Laugh (Part 2)

Alice Robinson was pleasantly surprised, "Really?"Chester Robinson had already poured two glasses of wine on the cabinet, he smiled and nodded.

Alice rose from the sofa and walked to the wine cabinet, picked up one of the glasses, and sniffed it at the tip of her nose.

The red wine produced by "Porto" is indeed fragrant and pleasant...

Alice excitedly said, "Just from the aroma, I can tell this wine is at least a hundred years old. The unique fragrance travels down the throat, making you feel a tickle and longing to take a sip..."

Chester gently swirled the red wine, "Unfortunately, when your dad was alive, we didn’t know Howard Geoffrey had this wine..."

Alice said sadly, "Indeed, Dad loved red wine the most. He used to say ’Porto’ was the best wine in the world, but there weren’t many bottles of ’Porto’ left. The few bottles left when Dad acquired ’Porto’ were eventually drunk by Dad, and when he wanted more ’Porto’ wine later, he searched everywhere but couldn’t find any... Dad thought there was no ’Porto’ wine left in the world."

Chester laughed and said, "I think the only regret your dad had in his business life was that he couldn’t make ’Sally’ produce wine as good as ’Porto’... Same wine estate, but your dad couldn’t produce the same red wine."

"Hmm, Dad once said this dream was for you to fulfill, but..." Alice suddenly stopped speaking, paused, and changed her intended words, "Now it seems it’s up to me to fulfill this dream, except, I actually don’t understand wine. I was able to get "Tench" listed largely because Uncle Grant and the others helped me."

The words Alice initially wanted to say were—But you don’t want to manage the wine estate...

She realized that those were not suitable words to say to him now.

Today he no longer bears any relation to the Robinson family. He is now the globally recognized and esteemed CEO of "QCS", while their Robinson family is a somewhat famous wine lineage in France. Although their family is considered wealthy and influential, in comparison with him, they are hardly worth mentioning. Even if she hadn’t announced publicly that her "brother" had died, he would still be her brother, and he probably would have no time to manage the Robinson family wine estate. Besides, he has never intended to take over.

She believes if he had wanted to take over the wine estate, their Robinson family wine estate might have already gained worldwide fame like "Porto" once did...

In this world, there is a type of person for whom success follows naturally, because they have an unparalleled intellect.

Like him...

She doesn’t know how he managed to develop "QCS" into such a globally renowned corporation, but his wisdom and astuteness are innate traits.

Just like when they were young, their father made them learn how to identify a wine’s vintage and richness. She took years to learn only the basics and still doesn’t understand every type of wine; he took merely one summer to master it all...

He is endowed with a gift for anything he does, just like becoming a doctor, he could excel in it too. So when she learned during his conflict with Howard Geoffrey years ago that he held the secret identity of being the CEO behind "QCS", she wasn’t surprised at all.

"Maybe I could help you with such worries."

His gentle voice drew her back from her thoughts.

She looked up, inadvertently meeting his deep eyes.

Inexplicably, a ripple of emotion stirred in her heart.

She asked, "How to solve it?"

He broke into a smile, one as warming as winter sunlight, "I don’t accept the wine estate because it doesn’t bear the name ’Geoffrey’. It belongs to your Robinson family, naturally, it should be managed by Robinson family members. But if I were also a member of the Robinson family..." He deliberately paused, his intense gaze on her face illuminated beautifully by the candlelight, and slowly said, "If I became the son-in-law of the Robinson family, I would naturally have a responsibility to manage the wine estate, fulfilling such a wish for your father."

Alice was momentarily unable to react...

Chester added with a smile, "Marry me, and I’ll be a member of the Robinson family, able to fulfill your father’s wish and take care of his most precious daughter."

In the dim light, he looked at her tenderly, a hint of a smile at the corner of his mouth, laced with confidence and pride.

Alice’s face flushed hotly, she set down the wine glass, and turned to leave.

His hand timely caught her, with a gentle tug, he pulled her into his embrace, his arms winding around her from behind to the front.

Her heart raced wildly, feeling as if it might leap out.

He held her tightly, his head resting on her shoulder, pressed against her smooth cheek, voice husky, "I love you, Alice... No matter what, for the sake of having Rachel, give me another chance, let me take care of you and Rachel."

Alice’s body trembled.

She thought when he watched her leave with Claud Laurence today, he had already given up. Unexpectedly, he...

This kind of persistence, he had always directed it towards Becca, she never thought he would also be this persistent with her.

His voice was so raspy, it was like he was pleading with her.

She struggled, but his arms domineeringly held her, not allowing her the chance to break free.

She said annoyed, "Let me go first..."

He pressed even closer, inhaling the scent of her perfume on her neck, "No."

Alice ceased struggling, bit her lip and said, "Why are you so shameless?" She now realized he deliberately brought up Dad, then used Dad to introduce the topic of red wine, and from the red wine topic led to the current subject... He truly was cunning.

He directly ignored her accusation, "Alice, see, even fate doesn’t want you to leave with Claud Laurence... If you had left with Claud Laurence today, I would be powerless, but fate has now given us another chance. You tell me how I could let you go."

"I won’t believe anything you say..." Alice hurriedly retorted.

Chester suddenly turned Alice around, gazed deeply at her, "So in your heart you care about me, you just don’t trust the words I say, right?"