Chapter 406 - Toasting Without Drinking

Kenneth glowered at Nikki, making her heart shudder as she recalled the plan they had come up with previously. She hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, it's rare for us to get together, so let's not talk about those unhappy things. Come on, let's drink!"

Soon, the atmosphere in the room became lively again.

Nikki picked up a glass of wine and walked to Lucas. "Lucas, I actually never liked you because I've always thought that you can't give Cheyenne a happy life. But since she wants to be with you, I can't say anything more. I've indeed said some hostile things to you a few times today, so I'll toast you to apologize for my rude behavior!"

Nikki, who had been glaring at Lucas and blatantly insulting him unceremoniously just now, was surprisingly the first to toast him, and she even called it an apology for her behavior.

She held the glass of wine in front of Lucas, waiting for him to take it.

Lucas looked at her and the glass of wine in her hand coldly without showing any intention of taking it.

"You… Are you unwilling to accept this toast from me? I've already tried to make it up to you by speaking to you nicely and asking for your apology. Are you not going to relent?" she said when she saw that Lucas was hesitant to accept the wine.

Lucas sneered. "What a joke. You're the one apologizing to me. Shouldn't you be the one to drink this glass of wine?"

Nikki immediately choked.

She knew Lucas had a point because she was indeed the one toasting him in the name of atoning for her mistakes. So naturally, she should be the one drinking in order to show her sincerity.

"Alright, here's a toast to you!" Nikki placed the glass of wine in front of Lucas before pouring herself another glass to the brim. She then gulped it down in one go.

"Great!"

"Miss Heron, you're really straightforward!"

"Miss Heron, you may be a woman, but you're so much more straightforward than a man when it comes to drinking!"

Everyone clapped their hands and cheered for Nikki while indirectly criticizing Lucas.

Nikki wiped the