Chapter 834

In the living room, Olivia was no longer sitting on the sofa, and her phone lay abandoned on the coffee table. Instead, she stood at the bar, facing an opened bottle of red wine. In her hand, she held a wine glass, pouring red wine into her mouth. Connor entered the room, catching sight of her tipping back half of her wine glass. He paused, then approached. Olivia did not glance at him. She drained her glass, then refilled it from the bottle, continuing to pour wine into her stomach, gulp after gulp. It seemed her emotions were in utter disarray, and she had to do this to ease her terrible mood. Connor came up to the bar, observing her drinking one glass after another. He did not intervene, nor did he speak. He just calmly watched Olivia, witnessing her self-destructive release. Olivia's anger dissipated by now, vanishing as she opened the door to leave. But with Connor's presence, his lack of intervention or words, and his continuous gaze, her anger surged uncontrollably. As tim