"Oh, what are you saying, Mr. Lawrence?"


    Pax then smiled and chugged the ss as everyone watched, and he showed it to them like Frank did.


    "You really don''t trust me, huh?"


    "No way." Frank smiled in turn.


    With that, all suspicions around the room vaporized, and things turned lively around the table.


    Cid drank the most as the men clink sses endlessly, even blurting nonsense that left everyone


    laughing.


    Ned''s pretty boy valets even started dancing.


    Though Ned obviously tried to talk chatting up Frank repeatedly, Frank always had an excuse to give


    him the slip, leaving him exasperated.


    Then, just as the bottle of white wine was almost finished, Pax burped and rose to his feet, wobbling as


    he chuckled, "I''m gonna need the washroom."


    "Wait."


    Frank stood up as well, drunkenness showing on his face as he smiled. "You can go... after you take off


    your pants."


    "Hahaha." Pax chuckled and looked around pointedly, mumbling, "Are you drunk, Mr. Lawrence?


    Taking off my pants before I get to the washroom?"


    "Well, you are carrying something that really interests me."


    Shocked, Pax''s drunkenness cleared halfway, but he feignedposure and leveled a pointed look at


    Ned. "Huh. So you and Mr. Janko... share the same interests?"


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    "Not really."


    Frank was not bothered to y along as Pax was trying to change the subject.


    Striding forward, he pulled a small box out of Pax''s pocket, and Pax''s face fell right then. "Hey!"


    Frank was sneering in turn, waving the box of yellow powder. "Nervebreaker, huh? So you have ties to


    Hundred Bane Sect? Or did you perhaps just buy it off the ck market?"


    "What.?" Hux froze, before springing to his feet and ring at Pax in disbelief.


    Ned had been drinking a lot as well and leapt up while ring at Pax—so he really was up to


    something!


    "Uh..." Pax muttered, but soon smiled as he had an idea, "Oh, silly old me. You boys know how many


    enemies I made over the years. I have to carry this around to take when things get hairy, so I''d be


    spared any torment! I''m not going to poison anyone''s food, let alone Mr. Janko''s, right?"


    Still, he could see that they were clearly ring at him, so he shrugged. "You suspected me earlier,


    didn''t I? But I drank from Hux''s ss and ate the same food you did. Wouldn''t I be dead if I poisoned


    you?"


    "Do you think we''re that stupid?!" Hux bellowed, ring at him in cool fury.


    They had been wary, but Pax just would not give up!


    Seeing that no one was buying his excuses, Pax inhaled deeply as his eyes shed viciously, his true


    colors bared as heughed savagely.


    "Well, I was going to let everyone die easily, but you''re asking for it! It''s not my fault!"


    "How dare you, Pax Barzini?!"


    "Have you gone crazy?! Have you forgotten who made you boss?!"


    Ned''s valets had drank the wine as well and were all snapping at Pax right then.


    "I''m crazy?!" Pax took a couple steps back and whipped out his phone. "Fuck off! You''re the crazy ones


    here!"