The Mafia King's Unknown Doctor Wife novel Chapter 25

Chapter 25

Elena stared at the four queens and one king in front of her. Had she really received some divine miracle? Tyler grabbed his cane with both hands and grinned. “Lovely playing with you, Don Massimo.”

As he got up from the poker table, he lifted his cane and, with a slight fumble of his fingers, knocked the remaining deck of cards. He didn’t even glance at the shocked attendant before leaving.

As the cards fell, Elena spied two kings fall to the ground. She glanced back at the table–between the discarded deck and Tyler’s and Elena’s hands, there were six kings in total.

“You cheated,” Elena stated, shocked.

Massimo didn’t even grace her revelation with a scoff. He only waved a hand dismissively.

“Gambling isn’t about playing fair–it’s about winning and losing. Those who don’t have the guts or skills to win deserve to lose. If you think Tyler wasn’t cheating too, you’re wrong–he just doesn’t have what it takes to win regardless of what he does.”

Elena ran through the game in her mind, but still couldn’t figure out when the men had switched out their cards. They must be experts at slight of hand tricks.

Elena sighed in relief. Don Morello had been taken care of. And though her boss had gotten her further into this mess without her permission, he had solved it, too.

She supposed she owed him a thank you.

But Elena barely got out the first syllable before Massimo held up a hand and stopped her.

“Tyler is troublesome on his own,” he explained. “I needed to put him in his place anyways. And as my physician, I still have plenty of work for you to do.”

Elena tried to put the day’s events behind her. She debated enjoying a drink or two before bed, but ultimately decided she should take it easy and rest.

Her boss might need her at a moment’s notice, after all. And even though Tyler had been thoroughly cowed, Elena didn’t want to cross his path inebriated. Elena figured the casino probably served their drinks way too strong for her to handle anyway.

So she approached the casino bar and ordered an orange juice.

“Straight, or on the rocks?” the bar tender asked.

“Ice would be lovely, thank you,” she replied.

Elena sat at the bar and drank her juice. The Vitamin C would no doubt help her wound heal a little faster. She wanted to be fully fit when she met her husband.

At that thought, warmth pooled in her belly–and in a lower place, too. Elena flushed fervently. What was happening?

“You should be finding your man soon,” the bar tender advised. “The ‘rocks‘ ought to be hitting you pretty hard in a second.”

Elena’s brow furrowed. It took a moment too long to understand what the man was saying: she had accidentally ordered a drink laced with aphrodisiacs!

She staggered out of the bar area, her body suddenly screaming at her in desperate, animalistic want. It felt like every man she passed was leering at her and knew just how defenseless she was.

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