Flashback.Clarine had just gotten home after the meal at Brenda's home that evening.With smiles and gleaming brilliant expressions flashing across those blue sea eyeballs of hers. She obviously made the best out of her day, even though it was quite hectic considering the disturbance from several angles yet, she could regard it as great.However, the smiles and excitement on her was never going to last.The moment Clarine stepped into the living room, she was surprised to see both parents seated. However, she was only about to greet and walk past them when she suddenly spotted a different person in their midst.Darting her eyes from side to side, her gaze suddenly fell on a man suited In blue bespoke suit, his black blond hair with visible stripes of Grey brushed forward.He seemed in his late fourties.The brief moment she admired him and was about to walk away, only hear a feminine voice call from behind."Clarine, come over. We've got good news for you." Cassandra said, after which
“Clarine! What… what are you talking about?!” When Brenda heard her Clarine actually use her as collateral for a million dollars worth of chips, her eyes widened, and she looked at Clarine in disbelief.Standing beside Brenda, Ava also widened her eyes in shock and exclaimed in astonishment, “Clarine, Brenda is your friend! How can you put her up as collateral and use her as a gambling stake?”Derek’s face, hidden beneath the mask, had become completely gloomy and sullen. He glared at Clarine coldly. “Are you sure you’re going to put your friend up as collateral to me? If I win, she will be mine. I will take her away, and regardless of what happens to her in the future, you will have no right to ask any questions!“In that case, do you still agree to use her as collateral?”Derek’s voice was extremely cold, and it even contained some murderous intent that he was unable to hide!“Clarine, stop… stop gambling. Come home with me, okay?” Brenda asked while looking at Clarine with tears an
Derek’s voice was extraordinarily cold, especially when he glanced at Clarine. This lady really lost Brenda to a man. she really deserves to die!Unfortunately, at this moment, Clarine’s eyes were out of focus, and she had a deadpan expression as she stood rooted to the ground, as if she was out of his element and dispirited. To her, it seemed as though she was a failure and had betrayed her best friend. And if it meant giving her life just to get her back, she was ready to do that.She didn’t catch Derek’s murderous gaze at all, nor did she respond to Derek’s act of holding Brenda by her waist.Suddenly, Ava violently pushed away Derek’s arm, stood in front of Brenda, and yelled at him, “Let go of her!”Derek looked at her and narrowed his eyes. “Shut up. This matter is none of your business. Otherwise, don’t blame me for being nasty right here..”Ava could feel the intense words emanating from Derek's tone. It got her shivering on the spot, hence she said in a soft tone. "What wou
"Let them go? Are they yours? Do they belong to you?" Derek sneered with disgust in his tone."It was a deal, I won the deal and both of them are my price, so therefore, none of this concerns you in any way." Derek added with a deep domineering tone.When Ava saw that someone had stopped Derek, she immediately started struggling and hollered, “He didn’t win me at the poker table. He’s trying to take me away forcefully!”Tony looked at Ava’s pretty face, and he immediately seemed amazed by her beauty. “Don’t worry, pretty lady. I’m the owner of this place, I’ll never let anyone take someone away by force!”"Ladies are handled with care and not the other way round."Then he narrowed his eyes and glared at Derek with a threatening gaze. “Did you hear that? You didn’t win this beautiful babe. Hurry up and let her go.”Derek frowned. He took Ava off his shoulder and put her down on the ground.He never had any intention of doing anything to Ava in the first place. But because Ava kept pull
Having operated a casino for over several years,Tony was naturally confident and not the least bit afraid of gambling with Derek.He was extremely confident about winning against Derek.“Of course, if you agree to bet, you must accept to lose. Mr. Tony, if you lose in a shortwhile, I hope you will keep your promise,” Derek said indifferently.Tony slicked his greased hair again and said with utmost confidence, “Punk, you’re mad! Tell me, how do you want to play? You really think I'll lose to you? Then keep dreaming."“We’ll play a simple game where the person with the highest card wins. We can also play dice or poker. How does that sound?”“Of course. How do we decide the winner?”“When one side admits defeat. How about that?” Derek narrowed his eyes.The people around were suddenly in an uproar again.There would usually be a standard set point in such gambling games, such as the number of rounds, number of wins by one party, or when one party lost everything.A rule where the game w
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After hearing what Derek said, Tony snorted in disdain. “You are so stubborn, and not giving up huh?! What are you still daydreaming about? Unless I get a three, you will lose. But you should be well aware of how slim the chances of that happening are.”“That’s hard to say. Maybe your luck is just worse than mine?” Derek continued in an indifferent tone.“Fine. I’ll make you give up completely!”Then Tony pinched the card in front of him, flipped it over, and slammed it down hard onto the table!Three bright red hearts appeared in front of everyone immediately!"its a three! It's really a three!"It was really a three of hearts!Everyone in the large private room was instantly silent!In particular, Tony’s subordinates all shuddered and hung their heads low, not daring to look at Tony’s expression at all.At this moment, Tony’s face was extremely sullen and ominous.He had just mocked Derek and said that Derek was daydreaming, but he never expected that he would lose despite the slim c
Both Derek and Tony were standing by the card table, each holding a dice cup and a dice.“Since you also choose to shake it yourself, how about we have the dealer be the judge of this game? We’ll start shaking, stop, and then open the cup at the same time. How does that sound?” Tony said confidently as he tossed away the dice in his hand.“No problem.” Derek nodded.The dealer took a deep breath, stood between the two of them, and then swung her hand down. “One, two, three, begin!”Derek and Tony simultaneously threw their dice into their dice cup and then started shaking.Amid the sounds of dice rapidly knocking against the walls of the dice cups, everyone held their breath and listened carefully to the movement.Everyone in the room except for the two beautiful women, Brenda and Ava, and Derek were subordinates of Tony.Listening to the sound to determine the number of points on a dice was an extremely important thing to do when it came to dice shaking, so they naturally dared not m