Chapter 616: Chapter 616: Bankruptcy
Hope Williams raised a brow at Asher Ross, “Oh, really?”
The dice cup was lifted…
One second, ten seconds, twenty seconds…
“Ahhhhh… What is that?”
“Oh my god!”
“Am I seeing this right?”
“Five, six, six—seventeen! Oh my god! Hope, you won!”
“Hope, you’re amazing! You actually won!”
“This is impossible!” Asher Ross’s triumphant smile froze instantly. He slamd his hands on the table, staring at the three dice, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.
Five, six, six—just one point short of Asher’s bet on a Perfect Trio. Yet, the outco of the ga was crystal-clear.
The dice totaled seventeen points, with odds of fifty to one.
In other words, Asher’s twenty-five billion had to be multiplied by fifty and paid to Hope Williams.
Twenty-five billion tis fifty…
An astronomical figure…
Hope rested her chin in her hand, smiling brightly as she looked at Asher Ross’s face transform from smugness to sheer terror. “Asher, you’ve lost!”
“This is impossible. This is impossible! How could this happen? How could this happen!” Asher’s eyes locked fiercely onto Kya White.
Kya, frightened by his furious gaze, stepped back repeatedly, shaking her head vehently. “Master Ross, I don’t know, I don’t know…”
“This is impossible! Let’s go again. This round doesn’t count. You must have cheated! Soone, arrest them!” Asher’s eyes were blood-red.
Kya had never made a mistake in all the ti she’d been by his side.
How could she have failed this crucial round?
What exactly went wrong?
Waylon Lewis and Liam Cloud imdiately stepped up to protect Hope, shielding her from harm.
“Doesn’t count? So, you’re trying to welch on the bet, huh? Everyone saw it. Let’s hear the verdict—Master Ross, playing with a little woman like and trying to renege after losing! How absurd!” Hope’s cold voice deliberately rose, cutting through the tension.
“I…”
The onlookers began pointing fingers and murmuring among themselves. Their judging gazes were like knives stabbing into Asher Ross, making his entire body tremble.
Twenty-five billion multiplied by fifty!
Even selling all his assets wouldn’t be enough to cover such a sum!
“Master Ross can’t back out of this, can he?”
“Master Ross, everyone’s watching! Reneging on a bet wouldn’t look good.”
“You’re a casino owner, for heaven’s sake. Don’t ruin your own business rules.”
The murmurs grew louder and louder.
With everyone watching, Asher had no way out.
Furious and desperate, Asher gritted his teeth. “Soone, take them down!”
But no one responded to him.
Asher turned around to find that the n he’d arranged earlier had all disappeared.
Instead, the place was now entirely filled with Liam Cloud’s people.
Asher stared at Liam in horror. Liam raised a brow and curled his lips into a cold smile.
“Liam Cloud, you…”
Liam smirked, “What about ?”
In an hour’s ti, if Liam hadn’t replaced his n, was he supposed to wait for Asher to catch on?
“Asher, are you still trying to back out now?” With the upper hand clearly hers, Hope’s exquisite face showed a faint smile. “Didn’t you just suggest I should stay behind as your maid? Well, do you still want to be your maid now?”
Asher gritted his teeth so hard his molars could’ve cracked. “You all tead up to play !”
“And who was it that ca looking for trouble? Have you got the nerve to bla us?”
Hope hadn’t provoked anyone and was rely trying to take Paisley Ginger ho to set him straight.
But Asher insistently caused trouble, and now he was blaming them for playing him?
Hope chuckled coldly, “Losing and flying into a rage—Asher Ross, are you even a man? A real man admits when he’s lost. Pay up, or else…”
Liam’s n imdiately surrounded Asher.
Asher knew there was no way to back out of this now. He clenched his teeth and said, “Fine, I’ll pay! But this kind of money—I can’t co up with it all now. Even handing you the casino won’t be enough.”
Hope blinked and teased, “Then give the casino, and we’ll calculate the rest. Just write an IOU for what you still owe.”
Asher painfully swallowed his pride.
“As for the remainder, you’ll need to set a deadline. I’ll generously give you one month—plenty of ti, isn’t it?”
Asher’s molars nearly cracked in frustration. One month?! Plenty of ti?
Should he rob soone, steal, or sell himself?
In front of everyone, Asher reluctantly wrote the IOU. Hope even forced him to read it out loud.
“Hope Williams, don’t go too far.”
“How am I going too far? Weren’t you just forcing to be your maid? I didn’t say you were over the line.” Hope’s tone was light, her smile carefree. “Besides, I’m doing you a favor, Master Ross—helping you build your reputation. From now on, no one in this circle will compare to Master Ross for being the most ‘gracious loser’ of all.”
Asher glared at Hope, wishing to tear her apart.
This abominable woman was doing it all on purpose.
She had deliberately agreed to his bet to trap him.
Now, with everyone watching, there was no escape; he had to comply!
Glaring at Liam, his eyes flickered with an idea. Turning back to face the slyly smiling Hope, he thought—
She must’ve been pretending all along!
Ha!
He should’ve realized earlier—Hope was cunning. After all, she had been by Liam’s side for five years; the two were birds of a feather. How could she be clueless and act recklessly?
She must have mastered the nuances of these gas long ago—this had all been a setup from the start.
“You’re a fraud. This isn’t your first ti at a casino!”
Hope shrugged nonchalantly. “Well, it’s my first ti at *your* casino. Where’s the fraud?”
Asher: “…”
In the end, under imnse pressure, Asher read the IOU aloud. Hope, not satisfied with his low volu, even brought out a gaphone to ensure everyone could hear clearly!
Inside, Asher cursed Hope a million tis over!
After wrapping everything up, Hope turned to Paisley Ginger, who stood off to the side in a daze. She waved at him.
Paisley, still in a state of shock, felt relieved. Fortunately, Asher’s interruption had saved him; otherwise, he might’ve been the one risking it all and losing everything.
“Young Master Ginger?” Hope frowned slightly.
“Huh?”
Hope said, “Do you still want to keep playing with ?”
Paisley hurriedly waved his hands back and forth. “No, no, no, no, no, no—no way. I give up, I give up. You win, sis.”
Hope: “Don’t call sis.”
“Then what should I call you? Since I lost, I’ll listen to you from now on. You’re my big sister now.” In Paisley’s eyes was pure admiration. “Sis, how do you manage to win every ti?”
Dice is mostly about luck, but there are certainly ways to manipulate it—like Kya White, who could discern dice rolls by sound. Everyone had their own ans of winning.
But the truth is, Hope only knew how to play this one ga. In other gas, she wouldn’t stand a chance against Asher.
“Oh? Do you want to learn?”
“Yes!”
“Then keep dreaming.”
“…”
“I’m heading back to City A tomorrow. Co with , and promise you’ll never gamble again. That’s the only thing I want you to listen to.”
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