Meanwhile, Adrien gave up his seat to Gregory, choosing to watch from the side.
“Alas, speaking of Gregory’s wife. Gregory, you’re really something. You’ve been married for years, and yet you’ve never Pintroduced your wife to us. We don’t even know who she is,” someone remarked while distributing the cards.
Another person took the card and teased with a chuckle, “Yeah, why are you keeping her such a secret, like she’s some kind of treasure? What, afraid we might steal her away?”
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se flower branches, and
nd let out a light chuckle.
Treasure don’t think so. She just used some underhanded tricks to get Gregory to marry her, that’s all. And she’s quite the
one. Otherwise, she’d be staying at home instead of coming out here to be an eyesore. Who knows if it’s intentional or
There was a faint trace of mockery in his tone.
Hearing this, Anathea paused momentarily before shipping off another branch
The others barely grasped Theo’s words and tumed to look at Gregory. Yet, Gregory’s expression remained calmas he continued playing the game
Sering Gregory’s indifference, Theo took the opportunity to add, “Gregory, you should just divorce that scheming woman What’s so great about her, huh? Everyone knows Ms. Whitman is a much better match for you
Before he could finish, Gregory calmly laid down his hand “Royalush,”
“Fuck! You were just waiting for me to take the bait, weren’t you?” Theo cursed as he stared at the cards.
Gregory simply smiled and said flatly, “Pay up.”
Someone laughed. “I told you, the moment Gregory sits at the table. Theo doesn’t stand a chance.”
“Bollshit! That was just dumb luck. Watch me win big and show you all how it’s done. “Theo was determined to win
As the game progressed, it felt like Gregory had Theo ma chokehold. Theo lost six rounds in a row. Theo’s face grew darkure with each hand. The escort who had been trying to cory up to him fell silent, not daring to say a word.
Gregory was unfazed by his frustration and nonchalantly placed a cord on the table.
Theo finally caught a break “Raising!”
“Well, well… Theo, looka
“ord
like you finally got a good one “Adrian chuckled.
course! “Theo’s confidence returned in an instant.
But just when he thought his luck had turned, the player before him laid down a nine. Gregory didn’t react. Instead, he waited until Theo confidently threw out a six. Then, without hesitation, Chegory called it. “Straight flush.”
Theo was shocked. “Gregory, you’re fucking with me on purpose, aren’t you?”
It finally dawned on him that Gregory had let him raise on purpose just to bait him into this trap
Gregory took a slow sip of his drink. “If you suck, just practice moot.”
g a million this round.
Those words stung even more than losing a
Adrian laughed. “So all that winning streak was just dumb luck, huh? The moment Gregory sat down, your true colors showed
“Puck! Something’s definitely messing with my luck today!” Theogrumbled, scanning the room in frustration.
The escorts exchanged glances, feeling puzzled.
When Theo saw Lena placing yellow roses into the vase, he immediately flew into a
Lena jumped at his sudden outburst, pricking her linger on a thom
rage. “What the hell are you doing?”
Anathea instinctively moved to check on Lena, but Theo was already there, angrily pointing at the vase of yellow roses. “My lucky color today is red, and my unlucky color is yellow. So why the hell did you fill the whole darnn vase with yellow ones?”
Lena froze on the spot. No one had told her there were requests about this.
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