The banquet hall at the Duke Manor was brightly lit, and even though it was close to midnight, it was still bustling, and the members of the Lord of the Rings, Duke's family and friends, had only made a brief appearance at the Vanity Fair party, and they all rushed to Malibu.

As the biggest winner tonight, Duke is the object of congratulations from everyone, and he is also the object of being drunk, although there is no emphasis on persuading alcohol here, but others enthusiastically come to clink glasses to congratulate, and Duke can't not drink at all.

And Ilya among these people? Wood and Billy? From time to time, activists like Boyd would coax Duke to have a few more drinks.

Even if it was just champagne, with Duke's pitiful amount of alcohol, he felt a little drunk not long after the banquet began.

But these people didn't mean to let him go, Leonardo? DiCaprio heads, Sophia? Coppola assisted, seized the best opportunity, and clearly wanted to get drunk Duke.

"Leo, Sofia......"

Duke put down his empty glass and said nothing to pick up Sophia? Coppola handed over another glass, "I can't drink it anymore, if you don't want to see me fall." ”

"My dear, now is the most celebratory time." Sofia? Coppola didn't let him go at all, "After today, there will be no such opportunity in the future." ”

Leonardo continued, "You've only had four drinks combined." ”

"He's really going to get drunk if he drinks again." Ivanka spoke.

Duke shook his head firmly, and Sofia and Leonardo looked at each other and left the table.

As soon as they left, someone came to them, and even if this land does not pay attention to meeting friends with wine, in some entertainment, others raise a glass to you. It's impossible to say no completely, that's rude.

As the host of the banquet, these entertainments are inevitable.

"Hi, Duke."

A familiar voice sounded from the side, Scarlett in a small light green dress? Johnson walked over unhurriedly, she arrived earlier than Duke. As soon as the award ceremony was over, he accompanied Mrs. Leah back to the manor.

"Congratulations, Duke."

She walked over to Duke with her glass in hand, raised it to him, and drank it all up.

Picking up the champagne in his hand, Duke just wiped his lips slightly, and when Scarlett saw it, she immediately said dissatisfiedly, "Hey, hey, hey." Duke, I know how much you've drunk, can't you have a drink with me? ”

"I'll be with you." Ivanka took the initiative to speak.

Scarlett didn't think about it, and shook her head directly, "When I was not even ten years old, I was drinking with Duke, and I know better than you how much he can drink." ”

Ivanka turned her head slightly. glanced at Duke, and there were some things that he couldn't see, so he didn't have to care. But tonight, she's seen too much, Charlize? Theron, Cameron? Diaz, Alessandra? Ambrosio, Madonna? Sykoni, Shania? Donn, Naomi? Watts, Catherine? Zeta Jones ......

These people walked past her as if she didn't exist, greeted Duke warmly, and some of the past seemed to be a thing of the past at all.

She's not part of Hollywood. I can't understand why the ecological environment in this circle is so chaotic?

She is indeed very happy that Duke can win the best director, but from the red carpet to the present, she always feels a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Even, when she came back alone, she had an idea. Those women were so warm and familiar with Duke, did they still keep in touch with him privately?

Ivanka knew the horror of this thought, and just raised her head slightly, and quickly threw it to the back of her mind.

"Evie, you know what?" There was a hint of ostentation in Scarlett's tone that only a woman could understand, "The first time I drank, it was with Duke. The first time I made a movie, I also ...... with Duke"

Hearing the second sentence, even if Duke was a little slow to react because he had drunk too much, he was roughly aware of her strange tone, and couldn't help but turn to a stern tone like in the past years, "Scarlett! ”

As soon as this sentence came out, Scarlett reflexively lowered her head slightly, "Okay, I'll shut up." ”

After saying that, she asked for a glass of wine and raised her glass to Duke and Ivanka at the same time, "I salute you two." ”

Duke and Ivanka both took a sip of their glasses, Scarlett drank it all again, and then Shi Shiran walked to the other side.

Feeling the upsurge of alcohol and seeing someone coming this way again, Duke said helplessly, "I'm going to see if my mother is sleeping." ”

"Hmm." Ivanka nodded, understanding that Duke was casually trying to deal with those people.

Walking out of the banquet hall, Duke moved into the next lounge, stayed in the bathroom for a while, and when he came out, he wiped his mouth with a tissue, and although his stomach felt better, his head began to feel groggy.

Fortunately, there was only this night......

He sighed, there would not be a few such opportunities in the future.

He doesn't have any penchant for alcohol, not even a liking it, and he wouldn't normally touch it if it weren't for such occasions.

With a sigh in the palm of his hand, Duke sniffed it, shook his head, walked out of the lounge, entered the stairwell, and went directly to a bathroom on the second floor, found toothpaste and toothbrush, and planned to wash up briefly.

In the banquet hall, Ivanka was surrounded by many people, but she was an outsider and was not familiar with these actors and the like, so she was just talking.

Just around the corner, Scarlett? Johnson put down his glass and quietly slipped out of the banquet hall, she met Duke before she was ten years old, and at the beginning of the stage, the relationship between the two sides was quite good, although there was a slight estrangement in the future, but because of her godmother, she often came to this manor, and even knew some of Duke's behavior and habits very well.

As Duke left the ballroom, Scarlett knew that he must have found a place to vomit.

And with Duke's habits, he will never come back directly after vomiting, and will inevitably go to wash or change clothes, and he rarely rudely rudeness in public.

The banquet hall was located on the first floor, and after Scarlett came out, she estimated the time and did not go to the lounge next to it, but turned to the stairwell and went directly up the stairs. I found the bathroom on the second floor, put my ear to the door and listened for a few seconds, then left the door, leaning back against the wall of the hallway, and waited near the door.

She was no longer a teenage girl, and she knew that there were things she couldn't wait for. You have to rob it.

It's not that there are no people who pursue her inside and outside the circle, but Scarlett has no interest in those hairy boys, and since she was a child, she has such a tall person in front of her, and those guys who think they are very smart, but are actually stupid like stupid donkeys, will only make her annoyed.

And as she gets older, Scarlett has also discovered some psychological changes in herself, and it is definitely not those young people who can arouse her affection. Instead, it's people who are much older than her.

Like, the guy in the bathroom.

Thinking of this, Scarlett suddenly scratched her face and threw all this on the head of the guy in the bathroom, if it wasn't for him, how could this happen to herself?

After brushing his teeth, Duke looked in the mirror and looked at the dress on his body. There are some water stains on it, and I don't know when tonight's party will end. Decided to go back to the room and change clothes.

In the banquet hall, Ivanka finished socializing for a while, and when the people around her gradually dispersed, she breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately, these people were either Duke's friends or members of the work team, or actors from the Lord of the Rings crew. The ones that will embarrass her, such as Alessandra? Ambrosio, not a single one appeared.

Ivanka knows very well that those people are definitely not actively avoiding her, and there are countless women in Hollywood who probably want to enter this manor. This should have been Duke's deliberate arrangement.

Thinking of Duke's performance by her side, Ivanka couldn't help but feel that she must have thought too much, maybe the two would often separate because of their work, but when they were together, Duke showed enough importance to her.

"Haven't come back yet?"

Looking at her watch, Ivanka beckoned to Emma, the butler, and after a few simple words, walked out of the banquet hall, knowing that Duke was not drinking well and wanted to go and see him.

Pushing the door into the next lounge, there was no one inside, and Ivanka went up the stairs, stepped on the thick carpet, and walked upstairs.

Shaking his swollen head, Duke sobered himself up a little, the champagne was not too high, but it was just as intoxicating.

Pulling open the bathroom door, Duke stepped out, and immediately saw a familiar figure leaning against the wall of the hallway.

Scarlett? Johnson looked at Duke, who was not very steady on his feet, his face was a little red, his eyes were not as bright as before, and there was a clear drunkenness in them.

"Scarlett, why did you get up......"

"You've drunk too much, I'll come and see you."

Scarlett? Johnson immediately walked over, her speed was so fast that she had already come to him before the drunken and hazy Duke could say the second word.

As if she had rehearsed it in her mind countless times just now, Scarlett grabbed Duke's arm with both arms, and she barely had to tiptoe when she stepped on the sky, just tilted her head and kissed Duke's lips.

Because of the alcohol, Duke was a little sluggish, and the fiery kisses and the extraordinarily soft towering against his chest seemed to awaken the instinct of the drunken man, and even when Scarlett pressed his lower body over, he did not make any dodges.

Scarlett closed her eyes and used her somewhat youthful kissing skills to try her best to wake up the beast in the heart of the man opposite.

What she has seen and heard since she was a child tells her very clearly that in the heart of the man she looks at as a mountain on the other side, there should be countless beasts that are temporarily pressed down.

A soft tongue slid gently over his lips, a very unfamiliar breath, Duke's drowsy head suddenly sobered up, and he struggled to open his hazy eyes, and what he saw was Scarlett's blonde curls.

He leaned back slightly, trying to talk to Scarlett? Johnson pulled away a little, "Scarlett! ”

Duke is a man after all, although he feels very good now, but with a little force, he opened Scarlett's entanglement and slightly widened the distance between the two sides.

Just before he could ask anything, in the direction of the staircase, a figure suddenly turned. (To be continued......)

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