Meanwhile , Adrien gave up his seat to Gregory , choosing to watch from the side . " Alas , speaking of Gregory's wife . Gregory , you're really something . You've been married for years , and yet you've never Pintroduced your wife to us . We don't even know who she is , " someone remarked while distributing the cards . Another person took the card and teased with a chuckle , " Yeah , why are you keeping her such a secret , like she's some kind of treasure ? What , afraid we might steal her away ? " Chapter 25 se flower branches , and nd let out a light chuckle . Treasure don't think so . She just used some underhanded tricks to get Gregory to marry her , that's all . And she's quite the one . Otherwise , she'd be staying at home instead of coming out here to be an eyesore . Who knows if it's intentional or There was a faint trace of mockery in his tone . Hearing this , Anathea paused momentarily before shipping off another branch The others barely grasped Theo's words and tumed to look at Gregory . Yet, Gregory's expression remained calmas he continued playing the game Sering Gregory's indifference , Theo took the opportunity to add , " Gregory , you should just divorce that scheming woman What's so great about her , huh ? Everyone knows Ms. Whitman is a much better match for you Before he could finish , Gregory calmly laid down his hand " Royalush , " " Fuck ! You were just waiting for me to take the bait , weren't you ? " Theo cursed as he stared at the cards . Gregory simply smiled and said flatly , " Pay up . " Someone laughed . " I told you , the moment Gregory sits at the table . Theo doesn't stand a chance . " " Bollshit ! That was just dumb luck . Watch me win big and show you all how it's done . " Theo was determined to win As the game progressed , it felt like Gregory had Theo ma chokehold . Theo lost six rounds in a row . Theo's face grew darkure with each hand . The escort who had been trying to cory up to him fell silent , not daring to say a word . Gregory was unfazed by his frustration and nonchalantly placed a cord on the table . Theo finally caught a break " Raising ! " " Well , well … Theo , looka " ord like you finally got a good one " Adrian chuckled . course ! " Theo's confidence returned in an instant . But just when he thought his luck had turned , the player before him laid down a nine . Gregory didn't react . Instead , he waited until Theo confidently threw out a six . Then , without hesitation , Chegory called it . " Straight flush . " Theo was shocked . " Gregory , you're fucking with me on purpose , aren't you ? " It finally dawned on him that Gregory had let him raise on purpose just to bait him into this trap Gregory took a slow sip of his drink . " If you suck , just practice moot . " g a million this round . Those words stung even more than losing a Adrian laughed . " So all that winning streak was just dumb luck , huh ? The moment Gregory sat down , your true colors showed " Puck ! Something's definitely messing with my luck today ! " Theogrumbled , scanning the room in frustration . The escorts exchanged glances , feeling puzzled . When Theo saw Lena placing yellow roses into the vase , he immediately flew into a Lena jumped at his sudden outburst , pricking her linger on a thom rage . " What the hell are you doing ? " Anathea instinctively moved to check on Lena , but Theo was already there , angrily pointing at the vase of yellow roses . " My lucky color today is red , and my unlucky color is yellow . So why the hell did you fill the whole darnn vase with yellow ones ? " Lena froze on the spot . No one had told her there were requests about this . hapter 48 +25 BONUS