Chloe's words seemed to scare the dealer shitless. He started shaking, and his hand that was about to lift the lid was shaking even more.
This high stakes game, was one he would never encounter again in his lifetime.
Where the hell did this woman come from? She was incredibly ballsy. Each round was a spectacular "show," with each bet bigger than the last.
Was she making counterfeit money? Did she really not give a damn about money?
Everyone wanted to talk Chloe out of it, but who had the guts to say anything now? They were all freaking out.
Rhys' throat was dry as dust, feeling like it was on fire.
Just as the dealer's hand was about to touch the dice cup, Chloe suddenly spoke up. "Hold on."
Her voice was as calm as still water. Everyone was so scared they almost collapsed. The dealer was startled too, quickly pulling his hand back and turning to look at her. "W-what is it?"
Chloe glanced at him sideways. "Be careful. You know what's riding on those three dice in the box. You're a professional dealer. Make sure you don't touch the points."
The dealer nervously swallowed, nodded, clasped his hands together and squeezed hard. If Chloe hadn't called a halt, he wasn't sure if he would have accidentally disturbed the dice points because of his shaking hand.
This wasn't a simple game of high or low. Chloe's bet this time was that the three dice points would be the same, so this game was a life-or-death showdown.
Perhaps because of the dealer's pause, Rhys regained some sanity.
"Chloe, do you really have to bet so big? You should know how unlikely it is to get the same points on all three dice. Even if it happens, you can't possibly bet on it right when it happens, can you? I'm giving you a chance now. Just play high or low. Even if you lose, the odds are only one to one…"
Chloe shook her head. "Once I've made up my mind, there's no going back. You gotta pay to play. Even if I lose, I'm cool with it."
The dealer took a deep breath, seemingly ready. "Ready to lift the lid now."
Chloe raised an eyebrow, spread her hands, looking like she couldn't care less.
Rhys clenched his teeth involuntarily. Then the dealer's hand grabbed the lid of the dice cup, took a deep breath under everyone's gaze, and lifted the lid.
Some people even covered their eyes, not daring to look at the result inside the cup.
The entire casino was silent. Ten seconds, twenty seconds, thirty seconds…
"Holy moly!!!"
Nathan and Kane stared at the three dice inside the cup, their eyes popping out of their heads. Damon stared gloomily to the side, pausing slightly as his gaze landed on the dice on the table.
"How is this possible?" Rhys' eyes widened, staring at the three dice. His face filled with disbelief.
"My God, they're all sixes!"
"All sixes, really all sixes!!"
"666! It's really 666!"
"This woman, she's freaking amazing!"
The crowd started to go nuts. The dealer beside them went weak in the knees and almost sat on the floor. Luckily, he grabbed the edge of the table. It was… really all sixes.
This woman, she actually got it right.
Rhys was stunned, shaking his head in disbelief. "No way, this can't be possible!"
How could a newbie like her be this accurate? This was impossible!
However, as people were boiling over, some began to question.
"She's won so many rounds in a row, did she cheat?"
"Right, I knew something was up when she gave Rhys the chance this time. She must have known that the dice were all sixes, that's why she let Rhys choose first, to prove she didn't cheat!"
The crowd's doubts made Rhys have an epiphany, his bloodshot eyes glaring at Chloe. "Right! You must be cheating!"
Chloe raised an eyebrow, rested her chin on her hand on the table, and looked at him with a smirk. "Cheat? As one of the shareholders of this casino, Rhys, why don't you enlighten us, how would one cheat at this game?"
Rhys was silent. As a shareholder of the casino, even if he knew how to cheat, he couldn't say it! Besides, this casino was one of the biggest in Las Vegas. As one of the bosses, how could he give all the gamblers here a chance to cheat?
So he was supposed to believe that Chloe really beat him? No way!
"I don't believe it, how could you always guess right unless you're cheating!"
Chloe chuckled. "Maybe I'm just lucky."
Rhys waved his hand dismissively. “I don’t believe it!”
Chloe’s eyes narrowed. “What, you trying to skip out on the bill?”
“I…”
“Rhys, if you’re going to gamble, you have to be prepared to lose. If you’re saying I cheated, either bring out the evidence, or pay up, 150 times.”
Rhys still didn’t believe it, how could this be possible? “How could you keep winning without cheating? It was just high or low before, but this time you actually bet on all sixes. How could you be so accurate unless you knew something beforehand? Even if Randall was here, he couldn’t be this accurate…”
Chloe scoffed, “What’s so impossible about it?”
Damon glanced at Chloe, his eyes full of meaning.
Chloe said, “This is your casino, you should know better than anyone about how to cheat. Can't you tell whether I cheated or not?"
Rhys was speechless again. To cheat, you'd need to install all sorts of hidden mechanisms on the whole table to accurately know the points inside the dice. If the owner wanted to do something unfair, he would resort to such methods. For a customer, this was impossible.
Moreover, Chloe should be a newbie in the casino, and it was her first time here, she had no chance, and even less intention to cheat.
But how could she bet so accurately?
~
At this moment, all eyes were on Rhys. Everyone was waiting to see how he would come up with this astronomical figure.
Rhys looked very uncomfortable, sweat dripping down his face, his whole body trembling. It was already a big sum of money, now suddenly multiplied by 150 times. Even if someone were super rich, they couldn't come up with this figure!
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride
did it really end this way. can I have the rest of the book ending??...
So, all of them were basically forced into sexual acts by their partners the first time, then their partners wanted to seclude them from everyone. On top of that, all of are jealous of their own children. The only couple that seem to have it good were Azriel & Phoebe. This book was honestly quite sickening & there’s no way anyone should find this romantic...
These typos are so annoying..can't even understand a single word...
Some chapters are missing and some of them are repeated..it feels like story takes a jump because of it...
I really like the book but there are a lot of typos which is making it even more difficult to read and stay engaged. Author please do some edits....
Best story ever...
I've been waiting for the wedding of Chloe and Damon until the ending of this novel their wedding doesn't happen at all!......
This novel is not well edited at all.. it's so annoying...
Last 50 chapters ++ all typos that are ridiculous...
Is this even english???...