Filed to story: The Secret Billionaire Heiress: Love’s Deception (Joyce & Tristan Novel)
Monster refused to give up and kept persuading Joyce to join their band. “Lil Joyce, if you join us, we’ll surely shock the music world! “
Joyce was just about to reject his offer when Julie walked over with a smile.
“Forget about it, you two…Nikki’s gonna start her career all over again! “
As soon as Julie pulled Joyce out from backstage, Yvette gave her a bear hug. “Nikki baby, that was fantastic! You’re my goddess! Do you know how excited everyone was? Your violin is simply amazing! “
Joyce helplessly pried Yvette off of her body. It was all thanks to lan’s arrangement that Joyce got to have such a memorable night.
The three ladies thought that Tristan and Keith should have already left, so they went back up to the second floor. Unexpectedly,
Tristan and Keith were sitting next to the Carter brothers as they stared at Joyce weirdly the moment she showed up.
Yvette snorted in dissatisfaction and pulled Joyce to sit by lan. “lan, let’s play something. It’s boring having to sit with such eyesores.”
lan shrugged his shoulders. “Sure, the night’s still young! “
Everyone downstairs was shouting for The Lunatics to have an encore.
‘I didn’t think that Joyce could play the violin. Why didn’t I hear about it before?“ Keith could not help his curiosity. He was genuinely shocked.
The moment Joyce went on stage, she was so cool and confident like a queen that was in control of the whole audience.
“Why should we tell you? Who the hell are you even?” Yvette scowled at him and retorted.
Keith felt attacked, but he indifferently shrugged his shoulders. “Didn’t you say that you wanted to play something? How about poker dice?“
“Who wants to play with you?! “ Yvette scoffed and was holding a grudge against them for Joyce.
‘Stupid bastard!”
Tristan Beckett, who had not spoken, suddenly said in a deep voice, “Joyce, are you afraid to play just one game with us?”
Since Joyce came upstairs, Tristan’s eyes had not moved away from her. Joyce swirled the wine glass in her hand and looked down seemingly disinterested and treated them as if they were invisible.
Tristan suppressed his shock. The Joyce sitting in front of him seemed familiar yet strange to him. At that moment, the emotions surging in his heart were incomparably complicated.
When Joyce was named, she nonchalantly lifted her head and swept a glance at Tristan with a faint smile on her face. “What should I be afraid of?“
Although Joyce felt that Tristan’s words were unexpected, she was not afraid of him. They were like strangers now, so playing a gambling game was not a big deal.
Yvette objected discontentedly. “Nikki, why do you wanna play with him? He’s clearly just trying to provoke you! “
Julie pulled Yvette aside and looked at the ex-couple. “Don’t worry, Nikki knows what she’s doing.“
Tristan Beckett grew up as a member of the gentry, so taking part in these social events was like second nature to him. Poker dice was the easiest game and a sure win for Tristan. Keith, who was sitting on the side, could not hide his smug smile. The waiter set the table with two players against each other. Joyce did not make a move. Instead, she looked down and said, “What’s the bet?”
How meaningless would it be without bets?
Tristan’s eyes were deep as he stared at her indifferent side profile. “What are your thoughts?“
Before Joyce could say anything, Keith sneered and spoke first. “If Ferg loses, I ‘Il walk out of here butt naked, but if Joyce loses…“
He swept a glance at the Carter brothers and continued in a disdainful tone, “You need to admit in public that you married into the Beckett family for money, and you can never show your face in Atlanta ever again! Joyce, do you dare to bet on this?“
lan and Hugh Carter were dumbfounded. Yvette was so enraged that she wanted to stand up and defend Joyce, but Julie pulled
Yvette back and told her not to be impulsive.
Tristan’s eyebrows furrowed tighter. He was about to interrupt Keith when Joyce sneered and raised her eyebrows mockingly.
“Sure, I accept.“
Joyce looked so scornful of Tristan, as if he was not a worthy opponent.
Keith laughed at the fact that Joyce was ignorant and oblivious to how strong her opponent was.
In the whole of Atlanta, Tristan’s poker dice skills were unbeatable, even if he played with his eyes closed. Back then, Tristan won his first big cash windfall at Vegas, not to mention, these menial people in front of them were all insignificant characters compared to
Tristan.
‘I can finally avenge myself today! Keith thought. Tristan stretched out his hand. “Ladies first.“
Joyce took the dice shaker on the table and shook it, then casually rested the back of her hand on it as she looked at Tristan. “Your turn.”
Tristan looked at Joyce quizzically and frowned. It was obvious that Joyce did not take this game seriously. ‘
Does she truly not care whether she wins or loses this bet?’
Keith was watching eagerly as if they had already won the game. ‘Joyce is such a noob! Look at the way she shook the dice,
how unprofessional! Does she think she can win with two simple shakes? No way! ‘
Tristan pondered for a moment, then casually lifted the dice cup. It was a four-of-a-kind, an expected win. He then glanced at
Joyce, who still looked unfazed.
Keith was so excited that he almost jumped up. “ Ferg, way to go! You used your usual skills. Here I thought that you might get soft—hearted…*
lan Carter clapped at the side and was not surprised by this. He smiled faintly and said, “Mr. Ludwig, Mr. Beckett has never been soft-hearted towards Joyce, but at least we finally get to see Mr. Beckett’s ability today.“
“Why are you complimenting Tristan? Are you trying to divert our attention and renege on the bet? Joyce, why don’t you let us see your hand? Don’t be a sore loser…“
’Keith Ludwig , Empty vessels make the most noise, so shut the f*ck up!” Yvette could not help but rebuke.
Joyce watched as the atmosphere suddenly became tense and laughed lightly. Her slender fingers tapped the dice cup twice before she casually tipped it over.
Before everyone had time to react, she took her purse and stood up. “I’m leaving, you guys carry on.”
Besides Yvette and Hugh who were both startled, Julie and lan seemed to have already expected this result and were calm and unperturbed.
The moment Keith saw Joyce’s dice, he just felt like dying.
‘Five -of-a-kind , How could she get an upper hand over Tristan? This woman just simply shook the dice on the table and was able to get five-of-a-kind?!
When Keith looked up again, the woman had already disappeared.
Yvette gloatingly slapped the table and smugly said, “Mr. Ludwig, don’t forget to strip butt naked before leaving ; As you just said,
don’t be a sore loser… ”
“You…you’re cheating ; ” Keith’s face was flushed as all kinds of emotions flashed by.
“Cheating? Mr. Ludwig, you’re the one who wanted to play. These are the rules of the table, yet you dare say that we’re cheating when you lost? If you can’t afford to lose, why play in the first place? Mr. Beckett, don’t you think so?”