All Chapters of The Bet: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

In the morning Matthew and Mike decided to go out to buy some fruits and vegetables, instead of shopping online.She supposed they just wanted to talk without any onlooker, somewhere away from her or any witnesses. It was fine with her.Jo was happy that she finally had a moment of peace away from those two. As soon as she heard the door close, she ran to the kitchen. She could safely drink and eat whatever she wanted.She made a strong coffee and looked for any snacks temporarily forbidden by Mike. She was over the moon when she found a bag of meringues and a big box of macarons.‘So much sugar!’ She thought, looking at the colourful sweets. ‘I had no junk food for the past few days, so I can be excused.’ She justified herself promptly.

The scenes Matthew had just witnessed didn’t move him at all. He had his thoughts and some assumptions, but he didn't want to disabuse and correct Mike.He realized that he even enjoyed watching him being in pain and jealousy. He hoped something would get to him eventually, and most of all the fact that he shouldn’t play with anyone's feelings, because it might turn against him.Mike had needed a lesson for a long time; some kind of painful pensum that would teach him humility and respect for the feelings of others. Once, he completely messed up his life, consciously and deliberately, or only by accident. He never found out.‘I had a broken heart, because of that dude, who used to be like a brother to me, but he betrayed me.’ Matthew remembered his painful memories. It took him a long time to

For the sake of the neighbors, they finished cutting the tiles at eight o'clock. A little earlier, Matthew had put the food in the oven and by the time it was heated up, all four of them were washed, dressed, and ready to party.Patrick and Nick set the table in the dining area in the living room, while Matthew and Mike took care of the food.“What are we celebrating?” Jo asked, entering. “It doesn't look like a normal dinner but a real fiesta.”“We did a great job so we have a reason to celebrate.” Patrick announced proudly.“Oh yeah… who will believe it?” Jo doubted. She knew their skills very well and knew what to expect from them but she chose not to expose them.&ldq

Nick was punctual as usual. He came to pick them up for the training at ten past six o’clock.This time, Mike also joined them as he was the one who was going to help Jo with the tripod and the photo shooting.Matthew didn’t hide that he was very happy that he could once again exercise and remember the good old days in which he had the opportunity to practice his favorite fighting style. He had missed it so much for years.The traffic was quite heavy for the time of the day so Nick decided to take a detour along the less frequented roads.“Nick, we won’t make it on time if we take the detour.” Jo complained. She knew the surroundings.“We won’t make it anyway. I prefer to make more ki

Magnificent aromas coming from the kitchen woke Jo up. She could get a sniff of freshly brewed coffee and fried bacon, which meant nothing less than that, finally, Mike flew home. She felt relieved.She said goodbye to him yesterday evening when they returned from the pub, arguing that she didn’t know if she would be able to get up when Nick would come to pick him up for his ride to the airport.Jo didn’t want to shatter yesterday's meeting with Mr Kelly, which turned out to be a complete failure. They had not received such lashes in public for a long time. Somehow she had to bear it with dignity.After all, she would talk to Mike on the phone during the day.She dressed up as quickly as possible in the hope that she was about to eat her favorite breakfast wi