My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 128

Chapter 128: Family Night II

Tap. Tap. Tap.

The rapid sound of fingers hitting the buttons echoed in the family room until Ashley’s voice erupted.

"Nonsense!"

Her voice thundered, making Primo and Lucian pause. She jumped off the couch, whipping her head toward the duo, her chest heaving heavily. Meanwhile, the two of them simply looked up at the fuming Ashley.

"Are you cheating?!" she shouted. "How come I keep losing even against him?! Primo, are you helping him!?"

Primo blinked innocently, shaking his head profusely. Lucian raised his brows, not sure what he was doing wrong.

Ashley’s plan for family night involved playing the tons of games she had bought today. At this point, they could easily open a game store with the stacks piled in the corner. So far, one hour in, they had barely played one game that had three modes.

And somehow... she kept dying.

"How is this possible?" She muttered, glaring daggers at the controllers in their hands, and in hers. "Have you played this game before?!"

Lucian blinked and shook his head, earning a dramatic gasp from her.

Ashley ground her teeth, narrowing her eyes suspiciously. There was no way. Something had to be wrong. She couldn’t be this bad—not when Lucian, who surely hadn’t touched any of these games before, was somehow better than her!

"It’s my controller, isn’t it? It’s faulty! There’s no way Lucian is better at this game than I am!"

Lucian and Primo slowly raised their brows in confusion.

Did she ask Lucian to play this game because she didn’t want to be the frog at the bottom of the well?

"There’s no way!" she harrumphed, scrambling toward the shopping bags to grab a new controller. "It’s faulty—this one’s more expensive. It should be better!"

With that, the father and son watched the angry pink monster march to the console to connect her new controller. Lucian slid his eyes toward Primo, and the boy pursed his lips and shook his head.

No words were spoken, but they understood each other.

Lucian was quietly signaling him to give her one win, but Primo couldn’t do that.

Ashley had told him before not to go easy on her. He didn’t want her to get angry at him.

Lucian, on the other hand, was already trying to lose. But somehow, his wife had a talent for dying first.

Both of them knew why—it was because Ashley’s gameplay was reckless. She kept rushing forward without regard for her life. Meanwhile, Lucian was careful, and Primo was strategic. Even in a game, it was his instinct to stay alive as long as possible.

"Done!" Ashley smiled in satisfaction, jumping back onto the couch with them.

She smirked, showing off the expensive controller. "This is a three-hundred-dollar controller. There’s no way it’s faulty."

Both Lucian and Primo’s mouths parted as they stared at it in awe.

"The seller told me that if I use this, it’ll give me the smoothest gameplay ever!" she added, making the duo nod slowly.

But then again, they couldn’t help glancing at the other boxes stacked to the side—also controllers. What were those for if this one was already the "smoothest"?

"Let’s do it again!" Her excited voice snapped them out of their thoughts. "Just watch! You’ll see the rise of the underdog! Bwahaha!"

Primo and Lucian could only watch her laugh evilly, silently wishing her the best.

And so, they reset the game.

But the result? Still the same.

Ashley kept dying with her reckless play style, while Lucian and Primo gradually reduced the fingers they were using until they were playing with just two forefingers.

"Screw this three-hundred-dollar controller! I have another one that’s better!"—and more expensive.

With that, Ashley unboxed yet another controller, and the duo could only watch. Sadly, Ashley never blamed her play style. Her reasoning? It worked in real life, and that was enough for her.

"I don’t like this game!" she frowned after dying for the umpteenth time, having switched controllers five times in two hours.

She beamed as she picked up another game, facing the two of them. "Let’s just play this! These violent games are not good for Primo!"

Lucian and Primo stared at her smile... then at the pile of games in the corner, which were mostly violent games. She had bought all of them.

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