Billy maintained his smiley expression, but the tall, bulky thugs behind him appeared fierce and menacing."Okay!" said Tommy, yielding. He gritted his teeth and took out his phone to scroll through his contacts. "Come on, it's just 250 thousand dollars."After some time, he found Ingrid's number and dialed it."Hello, Tommy. Why are you calling me at this hour?" Ingrid answered happily."Ingrid, I've run into a bit of trouble. Can you lend me 250 thousand dollars? It's for an emergency," he whispered into the phone."A week ago, Uncle Henry mentioned a big project with Fletcher Corporation that needed funding. I gave him over 50 million dollars from there. If you need money now, is there a problem with the project?" she asked anxiously."Yes!" he replied. "Didn't Ned just sign a contract with Vitality Biotech Group? I heard there's a hefty penalty for breach of contract, so I don't want to cause more trouble for him.""Okay, I'll transfer it to you right away!" Not forgetting
Just as he was looking back to see if Lily had returned, he saw Angeline sit down at the gaming table opposite him. Tommy was startled. Then he laughed. "Well, isn't this Angeline? It's been a while." Angeline smiled slightly and fiddled with the chips in her hands. "We haven't met for several years. Do you want to bet against me, Tommy?" "Who is this beautiful lady? Why have we never met?" Lily returned and sat down beside Tommy, smiling. She nestled into Tommy's embrace, and her jealousy was obvious as she looked at Angeline defiantly. "Are you trying to get Tommy's attention?" "Yeah, Angeline. Are you trying to get my attention?" Tommy put his arm around Lily and laughed. "You've become more sensible. If you had been like this from the start, then that mute wouldn't have had to go through all that. Don't you agree?" Angeline wasn't infuriated. She smiled and said, "I came here today to make you lose everything." Lily burst into laughter. "Are you joking, miss? Everyone
"Of course, you're my lucky star! I'll never abandon you!" Tommy said as he caressed Lily's cheek. Hold'em had five community cards and two hole cards. The community cards were revealed to be the four of spades, the five of spades, and the seven of diamonds. The victor would be decided in just one round. Tommy had put in all his chips, and Angeline had put in all that she had left, including herself."You're going to lose for sure!" Tommy was all smiles. He had a two and a five, which would make a full house! He didn't believe that Angeline had better cards than he did. Tommy spread his cards out, and the crowd burst into applause. "It's a good hand, as expected!" "Yes! There can't be anything better than that!" "Tommy really has excellent luck!" Tommy couldn't resist kissing Lily's cheek again when he heard the crowd. "The victor hasn't been decided yet!"Angeline flipped open her cards. A six and an eight, which made a straight plus a pair. It was the best h
Billy paused for a moment. "There is another solution…""What is it?""Doesn't the casino have a rule that allows you to put yourself as the stake? Why don't you do that, Mr. Yates?" "The other party refused!" Tommy furrowed his brows. Ten minutes was almost up. He said, "Why don't I sign a contract with you that makes myself the stake? After all, you believe that I'll be able to pay, right? Yates Group is so big. We're not going to owe you. Besides, my cousin's lover, Ned, is the president of Fletcher Corporation!" "Mr. Yates, it's not that I don't believe you! But the department that's in charge of lending money has never signed any contract with a person as collateral!" Billy smiled and said, "Why don't you try and discuss this further with the other party?""I don't care! No matter what method you use today, I insist on borrowing this money!" Tommy put his foot down. "Otherwise, don't blame me then!" Billy pondered for a moment and said, "Let's do this then! We've worked t
Tommy stared at Billy with widened eyes. "You… What do you want?""How about this? We'll take this document that you've signed and stamped to the Yates residence and ask to see Mr. Yates Senior…" "No! If you take this to my father, he'll kill me!" Tommy looked frightened. "Well, then you can only pay with your organs, Mr. Yates!" Billy was still grinning. "You… That's illegal!" Tommy cried out in fear, his eyes widening. "You don't have to worry about that, Mr. Yates! We're such a big casino… We often meet people who can't pay back the money they borrowed from us, but we can't just let them go. If we did, we'd be making a huge loss!" "No! No!" Tommy gulped, feeling terrified. "I'll pay this money back!""By today?" Billy asked. "Can you spare me a few days?" Tommy's voice was trembling imperceptibly. "Half a month! I'll get the money within half a month!" "I'm afraid not! If you can't pay by today, you won't be allowed to leave this room!" Billy sighed. "Mr. Yates, it'
That afternoon, Tommy handed the prescription to Billy. After he had ascertained that the prescription was correct, Billy happily burned up all the documents that Tommy had signed. Tommy finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Are you going to borrow money and win back your pride at the gaming table this time?" Billy asked, smiling. Tommy hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Give me a million then!""I like signing contracts with people like you, Tommy! You get straight to the point!" Billy printed out a loan contract for Tommy to sign. After Tommy reentered the casino, he lost that one million before dawn. He rushed into Billy's office and borrowed another million, then rushed back into the casino again. When Angeline received the news, Tommy had already been at the casino for seven days. "Have you saved the video of Tommy handing you the prescription that he stole?" she asked. "Don't worry, Ms. Emmerson. It's been saved. I'll send it to you shortly," Billy said in a lo
Soon, there was a notification from her phone. Sean had sent a voice message."Alright! Don't worry, I'll send you a video once I have him." Sean looked at the photo, where a fair, chubby-looking child was looking sternly at the camera. His finger brushed against the photo gently, and a smile appeared involuntarily on his face. While he was driving to the airport, Sean called Taylor. "Buy some daily necessities that a four-year-old boy would need, and get some toys and snacks that children would like sent to the house. Hurry!" "A boy?" Taylor was confused but agreed, "Okay, I'm on it!" "Wait! There needs to be a children's potty, a children's showerhead, and a stool for him to stand on while brushing his teeth. Prepare all these!" Sean hurriedly instructed after he thought about what Yasmine had said that day about the house not having these things. "Okay! Don't worry!" Taylor answered. It only took Sean 50 minutes to drive to the airport. He followed the information he
Xavier opened the car door and saw the pink car seat inside. He raised his eyebrows. "Pink?" "You arrived too suddenly. This car seat was prepared for Yasmine. Just sit in it for now, and we'll go and buy one in a color you like tomorrow," explained Sean. Xavier had already investigated Sean thoroughly. He knew from the license plate that it was his car for real.Xavier felt happier when he saw that Sean had prepared a car seat for Yasmine. He maintained a poker face as he nodded. Sean put Xavier's safety belt on for him and sent a video to Angeline.Angeline called very quickly after that. When she saw Xavier sitting in the car seat with his arms crossed, Angeline scolded him, "You're getting too big for your boots! You just left a note and then got on a plane home? Don't you know that you're a four-year-old child? What if you meet bad people on the way?" "I'm not four yet! I'm young and don't know any better!" Xavier turned his head away, still sulking at Angeline. He mut