Chapter 37
Rebecca soon returned to the room.
Before she even saw Sonia’s cards,
Rebecca could already guess what had transpired just by the ‘gentle’ smile on Tina’s face. Sonia must have suffered a
harsh defeat when I was away.
Rebecca went to sit next to Sonia and shot
a glance at the cards in Sonia’s hands.
Again, they were not quite useful. Then,
she asked in a low voice, “President Reed,
the woman opposite of you is not any
other woman. She’s your ex-husband’s
lover. Are you really going to be defeated
by her like this?”
“No worries. I just have to win three rounds
out of five.” Sonia smiled. Since she sai down to play poker with them, she looked
as peaceful as ever.
While she replied to Rebecca, she played
yet another card.
“Game.” Tina placed her card down with a
brighter smile on her face,
Rebecca was speechless to hear that.
“President Reed, you have already lost two
rounds to Tina. I think there’s no need to
continue,” Tina’s friend said pompously.
“Tina is not a petty person. As long as you
apologize to her, we will hire the best
tattoo artist to remove the tattoo from
your body.”
Tina raised her head slightly as she looked at Sonia. It looked as though she was waiting for Sonia to concede defeat. “Would you like to continue, Miss Reed?”
she asked in a gentle yet peaceful tone.
“Of course.” Sonia shuffled the cards again without a change in her expression. “We said that we could play five rounds.”
Tina’s friend rolled her eyes at Sonia and she rudely spoke, “We are giving you an
opportunity, yet you are not treasuring it
the gun at
at poker that I think
win against her.”
Tina stopped
looked at Sonia
would like to
I will follow
soon started a new
women, the spectators did not merely watch the game. While
chatted with
Stone. On Cynthia’s right was Sonia while Melody was
watching the game as she even peeled
to Melody ingratiatingly.
to
planning
year here?”
return to Norfolk after the
cards
frown she
have a divorce. He’s back here to look
shocked to hear this piece of news and carefully skirted around the topic. “Back then, didn’t the Southfield Family beg your grandfather to
because” Melody
remembered something and stopped
halfway through
she merely gave a cold
he can
I want to see
to take
listened to them
she lowered her
did not know much
in Seafield. She was only aware that they were quite influential in this city with almost as much authority as the Stryder Family in
be arrogant only because of her powerful background and her
if she was
Southfield Family that was of
to her family,
Family that was not
enough for them.
that tragic accident which claimed
when Sonia married
have had to
wouldn’t have suffered such a shameful defeat
lost in her thoughts as
past. At
saying, “Tina will be engaged to President Fuller
place for dinner. Since you will still be in Seafield at that time, we will
quite shocked to
“I heard that
Why are
again?”
that irae the initial plan
engagement Mecklace. What disgusting behavior!” Cynthia responded pointedly and shot a glance at Sonia as she raised her voice. “That won’t happen again. President Fuller said that he has only invited a few friends to the Fuller Residence for dinner. Apart from that, the wedding will take
Valentine’s Day next year!”
married on Valentine’s Day?” Melody asked Tina. “Is
hummed in agreement
gentle smile. “I’ve been in
six years. Toby thinks that we
delayed it for quite a
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