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
at yourself. Tina is
at poker that I think you would
win against her.”
enough.” Tina
looked at Sonia
Reed would like to continue with
follow her
started a
the room were only women, the spectators did not merely watch the game.
tidbits, they chatted
On Cynthia’s right was Sonia while Melody was seated on
was not just watching the game as she
Melody ingratiatingly. “Melody,
going to stay in
Are you planning to spend the
year here?”
to Norfolk after the new
threw her cards
she added “Peter
“Peter Southfield wants to have a divorce. He’s
carefully skirted around the topic. “Back then, didn’t the Southfield Family beg your grandfather to betroth you to him? They used your family name to
because” Melody
remembered something and stopped
halfway through the
she merely gave a
someone he can easily
want to see which
willing to
to them in
she lowered
did not know
in this city with almost as
had the guts to be arrogant only because of her powerful background and
Even if she was married
Southfield Family that was
family, it
Family that
enough for them.
encounter that tragic accident which
when Sonia married
have had to
to mention, Sonia wouldn’t have suffered such
lost in
about the past. At this
heard Cynthia saying, “Tina will be engaged
Eve and she’s planning to invite us to her place for dinner. Since you will still be in Seafield at that
Melody was quite shocked
heard that
Why
again?”
irae the initial
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
Valentine’s Day next year!”
married on Valentine’s Day?” Melody asked Tina.
in agreement before
smile. “I’ve been in a
Toby thinks
for quite a
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