The banquet hall in the Duke’s Manor was brightly lit, and although it was approaching midnight, it was still full of voices. The members of the Lord of the Rings crew, Duke’s relatives and friends, just made a brief appearance at the Vanity Fair party, and they all rushed over. Here comes Malibu.

As the biggest winner tonight, Duke is the object of congratulations and the object of drinking. Although there is no such thing as persuasion here, it is impossible for Duke not to drink at all when others warmly come to clink their glasses to congratulate.

Among these people were activists like Elijah Wood and Billy Boyd, who from time to time booed Duke for more drinks.

Even if it was just champagne, with Duke's poor drinking capacity, he felt a little drunk not long after the banquet started.

But these people did not let him go. Leonardo DiCaprio took the lead, Sofia Coppola assisted, seized the best opportunity, and obviously wanted to get Duke drunk.

"Leo, Sofia..."

Duke put down the empty glass, and said nothing to pick up another glass handed over by Sofia Coppola, "I can't drink any more, if you don't want to see me fall down."

"Honey, now is the most worthy of celebration." Sofia Coppola didn't let him go at all. "After today, there will be no such opportunity in the future."

Leonardo went on to say, "You only drank four glasses together."

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

Duke also shook his head firmly, Sofia and Leonardo exchanged glances and left the table.

As soon as they left, someone came over again. Even if you don't pay attention to making friends with wine in this land, in some entertainments, others will toast you.It is impossible to completely refuse, that is very rude.

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

"Hi, Duke."

A familiar voice sounded from the side, and Scarlett Johansson, who was wearing a light green dress, walked over unhurriedly. She arrived here earlier than Duke.As soon as the awards ceremony was over, he accompanied Mrs. Leah back to the manor.

"Congratulations, Duke."

She walked across to Duke with the wine glass in her hand, raised her head to him, and drank it all up.

Picking up the champagne in his hand, Duke just dipped his lips lightly. When Scarlett saw it, she immediately said dissatisfiedly, "Hey, hey. Duke, I know your drinking capacity, can't you have a drink with me?" ?”

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

Scarlett shook her head without thinking, "I was drinking with Duke when I was less than ten years old. I know better than you how much he can drink."

Ivanka turned her head slightly.Glancing at Duke, there are some things that you can't see and don't care about.But tonight, she saw too much, Charlize Theron, Cameron Diaz, Alessandra Ambrosio, Madonna Ciccone, Shania Twain, Nao Mi Watts, Catherine Zeta-Jones...

These people walked past her as if she didn't exist, and greeted Duke warmly. Some things in the past seemed to have never been the past at all.

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

She is really happy that Duke won the best director, but from the time she walked the red carpet to now, she always feels a little uncomfortable in her heart.

Even when she came back alone, she had an idea.Those women were so warmly acquainted with Duke, did they still keep in touch with him in private?

Ivanka knew that this kind of thought was terrible, so she just raised her head and quickly threw it behind her.

"Evie, do you know?" Scarlett said with a hint of showing off that only women can understand, "The first time I drank, it was with Duke. The first time I made a movie, it was also with Duke." Together……"

Hearing the second sentence, even though Duke's reaction was a little slow due to drinking too much, he roughly sensed her weird tone, and couldn't help but turn to a stern tone like in the past few years, "Scarlett!"

As soon as these words came out, Scarlett had a conditioned reflex, and lowered her head slightly, "Okay, I'll shut up."

After finishing speaking, she wanted a glass of wine and toasted Duke and Ivanka at the same time, "I respect you two."

Both Duke and Ivanka took a sip from their wine glasses, Scarlett drank it down again, and then Shi Shi ran to the other side.

Feeling drunk, and seeing someone walking towards this side again, Duke said helplessly, "I'll go see if mom is asleep."

"Yeah." Ivanka nodded, understanding that Duke just made a random excuse to deal with those people.

After walking out of the banquet hall, Duke turned into the lounge next to him and stayed in the bathroom for a while. When he came out, he wiped his mouth lightly with a tissue. Although his stomach felt better, his head began to feel dizzy.

Fortunately, only for one night...

He sighed, and there will not be many such opportunities in the future.

As for alcohol, he doesn't have any hobbies, not even a liking, and if it wasn't for this kind of occasion, he wouldn't touch it under normal circumstances.

Gently breathed in the palm of his hand, Duke sniffed it, couldn't help shaking his head, walked out of the lounge, entered the stairwell, 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 with her.

Not far away, Scarlett Johansson put down her wine glass and quietly slipped out of the banquet hall. She met Duke when she was less than ten years old, and at the beginning stage, the relationship between the two parties was quite good. Although she became slightly estranged in the future, due to her godmother, she often came to this manor, and she even knew some of Duke's behaviors and habits very well.

After Duke left the banquet hall, Scarlet knew very well that he must have found a place to spit alcohol.

And with Duke's habit, he would never come back directly after vomiting, and would definitely go to wash or change clothes. He seldom lost his manners in public.

The banquet hall is located on the first floor. After Scarlett came out, she estimated the time. Instead of going to the lounge next to her, she turned to the stairwell and went up the stairs directly.Find the bathroom dedicated to the second floor, put your ear on the door and listen for a few seconds, then leave the door, lean your back against the wall of the corridor, and wait near the door.

She is no longer a teenage girl who knows that some things cannot wait.It must be robbed.

It's not that there are no people who pursue her inside and outside the circle, but Scarlett has no interest in those little boys. She has such a tall person in front of her eyes since she was a child. Those who think they are very smart are actually stupid like donkeys. Dude, it just annoys her.

And as she got older, Scarlett also discovered some psychological changes in herself, and it was definitely not those young people who could arouse her affection.Instead, it was someone much older than her.

Like, the guy in the bathroom.

Thinking of this, Scarlett scratched her face suddenly, and threw all of this at the guy in the bathroom. If it wasn't for him, how could this happen to her?

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

In the banquet hall, after a round of entertainment, Ivanka breathed a sigh of relief when the people around her gradually dispersed. Fortunately, these people were either Duke’s friends or members of the work team, or actors from the Lord of the Rings crew. .None of the people who would embarrass her, such as Alessandra Ambrosio, showed up.

Ivanka knew very well that those people definitely didn't take the initiative to avoid her. There are countless women in Hollywood who probably want to walk into this manor.This should be a deliberate arrangement by Duke.

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 due to work, but when they were together, Duke showed enough importance to her.

"Haven't come back yet?"

Looking at his watch, Ivanka beckoned to the housekeeper Emma, ​​and after a few simple instructions, she walked out of the banquet hall. She knew that Duke's capacity for alcohol was not good, and wanted to visit him.

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

Shaking his swollen head, Duke let himself be a little more sober. Although the degree of champagne is not too high, it will still be intoxicating.

Opening the bathroom door, Duke walked out, and immediately saw a familiar figure leaning against the wall of the corridor.

Scarlett Johansson looked at Duke, who was unsteady on his feet. His face was a little red, his eyes were not as bright as before, and there was obvious drunkenness in them.

"Scarlett, why are you here..."

"You drank too much, I came to see you."

Scarlett Johansson walked over immediately, her speed was very fast, even before the drunken Duke could say a second sentence, she had already come to his side.

It seemed that she had rehearsed countless times in her mind just now. Scarlett grabbed Duke's arm with both arms, and she hardly needed to stand on tiptoe when she was standing so high, she just raised her head and kissed Duke's lips.

Because of the alcohol, Duke's reaction was a little slow, and the fiery kiss and the extra soft towering against his chest seemed to have awakened the instinct of a drunk man, and he didn't even do it when Scarlett pressed her lower body. out of any dodge.

Scarlett closed her eyes, and used her somewhat youthful kissing skills to try her best to awaken the beast in the man's heart.

Everything she saw and heard since she was a child told her very clearly that there should be countless temporarily suppressed beasts hidden in the heart of the man she looked at across the way into a mountain.

A soft tongue slid gently over his lips. This was a very strange breath. Duke's drowsy head suddenly woke up. He tried to open his hazy eyes, and what he saw was Scarlett's golden curly hair.

He leaned back slightly, trying to distance himself from Scarlett Johansson, "Scarlett!"

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

But before he could ask anything, a figure suddenly turned in the direction of the stairs. (to be continued..)

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