The already fidgety Matthias became even more fretful when he saw the sight, as he didn’t have this kind of fetish. Gazing at the ladies, whose skin had reddened from the coldness, he wondered who had come up with this idea. Nevertheless, he didn’t have the heart to chase them away, as he wasn’t so stone-hearted.
“Evan, I need an explanation from you.” Matthias stared at him with a dark expression. He wanted to know why Evan took him here.
While enjoying the company of a beautiful lady, Evan replied to him, “It’s all made-to-order. Just like playing a game, you can choose whoever you prefer to play poker with you. Since you’ve said you want to get drunk, I’ve told them to prepare a box of wine for us. There are all sorts of flavors, so I’m sure you’ll be happy with it.” Evan flashed a grin at him.
After he finished speaking, someone was heard knocking on the door from outside. Evan looked at the door and uttered, “Come in.”
Following that, a burly man stepped into the room with a box of wine in his hands and placed it in front of them. “Boss, these are the wines you’ve ordered.”
“Evan, are you messing with me?” Matthias suppressed his fury, as he had the urge to kill him.
“President, you’ve really misunderstood me. Since you’re here to unwind, don’t you want to try something new?” Evan’s life goal was to have fun whenever possible.
The woman with a cute voice wanted to chime in, but Evan stopped her from doing so with his gaze. The other tall woman was much calmer, as she just stayed at the side like an outsider.
Matthias didn’t want to flare up in this kind of place, so he just went along with Evan and tried to find out what the latter meant by something new. Seeing that Matthias was convinced, Evan then went on to introduce the two beautiful ladies to him.
“President, the woman in my embrace is Jasmine, and the other one is Ether.” Evan had never tried to touch Ether because he wanted Matthias to take note of her.
It was a coincidence that Ether’s name sounded somewhat similar to Heather’s. Moreover, her height, body shape, and temperament resembled those of Heather as well, so Matthias might be interested in her.
In the past, Evan had tried to come up with all sorts of ways to make Matthias lose his virginity. However, since Heather’s appearance, he had stopped having this kind of thought. Nevertheless, he understood that all men had sexual needs. Seeing how Matthias suppressed his desire in front of Heather, he reckoned that Matthias needed a woman to alleviate his suffering.
“Let’s begin.” Matthias didn’t want to waste any more time. He wasn’t interested in finding out their names, as it was apparent that these were just their aliases.
Evan directly took a seat across from Matthias and made Ether sit on the left of Matthias. If Matthias was interested in Ether, it would be quite obvious when they played poker later.
Meanwhile, Jasmine kept stealing glances at Matthias. She knew that Evan was a rich customer, but after she heard him calling Matthias ‘President’, she reckoned that Matthias must be a big shot. So, she directly took a seat on Matthias’ right. When they played poker later, she would try to win Matthias over. She must seize the chance and make sure that Matthias would take note of her.
All three of them had their own ulterior motives, while Matthias only focused on playing poker. Even Ether, who was beside Matthias, wanted to hook up with him. She knew that wealthy men were not interested in women who were too proactive, which was why she pretended to be aloof. She was fed up with the work here and the destitute state she was in. While working here, she had been trying to look for her Prince Charming. She had done her best to save her virginity so that she could get married to a wealthy man one day.
On the other hand, Matthias wasn’t familiar with the rules of poker. Although he had seen other people play the game before, he had never personally tried it. Just like Heather, he was a workaholic himself, so he wouldn’t do anything that he deemed a waste of time.
Evan knew that Matthias wasn’t familiar with the game. Since they were here to have fun, the rules didn’t really matter. To liven up the atmosphere, Evan said to them, “There are no rules today. Just reveal your hand whenever possible. The loser will not only lose money but also have to drink.”
Matthias found Evan to be ridiculous. Nevertheless, it seemed that Evan was trying to make it easy for him by eliminating the rules. After all, he was a rookie in poker.
However, Matthias wasn’t aware that there was a special rule in this place. These people, who played poker with their customers, could get the money from their customers if they won, but if they lost, they didn’t have to give the customers any money.
Therefore, some customers would come up with terrible ideas to mess with them. Drinking wine was considered a milder punishment. When faced with horrible customers, they’d rather fork out money from their own wallets than be punished by those people.
Perhaps the Goddess of Luck was in favor of poker rookies, so Matthias was extremely lucky on this day. These bottles of wine were meant for Matthias, but he had never even had a taste of it, while the others had already finished three bottles.
“President, you’re really lucky today. Why don’t we change our seats?” Evan almost wanted to throw up, as he was a light drinker.
Seeing that Evan indeed couldn’t take it anymore, Matthias looked at him with a faint smile. “You’re the one who bought the wine, so you’re supposed to drink more of it.” He didn’t have the intention of letting Evan off. As he was in a terrible mood, he was more than happy to see someone else suffer.
Evan thought that his sacrifice was immense this time. He reckoned that he would suffer from alcohol poisoning soon and be sent to the hospital. All sorts of thoughts flashed across his mind, and he had even come up with a will in his head. Nevertheless, he still kept losing the game. It seemed his skills were useless when luck was on the other person’s side. Now, he just wanted to eat his words. If he knew that Matthias was so lucky, he wouldn’t have boasted shamelessly and made it easy for him, as Matthias was the biggest winner now.
After Matthias managed to win many rounds, he no longer felt crestfallen. It seemed that Evan was right to say that playing poker could help him set his mind at ease. It was a better way to unwind than drinking.
Meanwhile, the two ladies were basically ignored by Matthias. He was so focused on the cards in his hands that he didn’t even spare them a glance.
“President, let’s take a break now.” Evan needed a rest. Matthias was too engrossed in the game. Earlier, he had said that he didn’t want to play a game that required brainpower.
After that, Evan left with Jasmine, leaving Ether and Matthias in the room. Ether realized that it was a good chance for her as she kept stealing glances at Matthias. She was trying to come up with ways to chat him up since she realized that he wouldn’t take the initiative to talk to her.
Bored, Matthias fished out his phone and took a look at the latest developments of the stock market in Bradfort City. He seemed to have forgotten that there was a woman beside her.
Silently, Ether tried to get closer to him. With the short distance between them, she could even take a whiff of the pleasant fragrance that was wafting from his body. She wanted to get even closer to him, as the chance was right before her eyes.
Matthias seemed to have seen through her intention, so he shot her a glance. Seeing that, she immediately stopped approaching him and hung her head low with a reddened face.
Seeing how bashful she was, Matthias felt slightly embarrassed. Nevertheless, since she wasn’t Heather, he couldn’t be expected to be gentle to her. After that, both of them fell silent. Countless pick-up lines had flashed across Ether’s mind, but she just couldn’t muster enough courage to speak to him.
Just then, the door was pushed open from outside. Matthias heaved a sigh of relief as Evan’s return had saved him from the embarrassment.
Seeing how Matthias behaved, Evan knew that while he wasn’t around, the two of them wouldn’t have made any meaningful progress. He wanted to make Matthias happy, but he was too naive. Besides Heather, no one else could make Matthias happy.
After the reshuffle, luck was no longer on Matthias’ side. Evan and Jasmine worked closely together to make Matthias keep losing, while Ether was still calm and collected on the side. She suddenly understood the difference between Matthias and her. It was then she realized that he wasn’t the Prince Charming she had been waiting for.
Without any hesitation, Matthias gulped down the bottles of wine one by one. He was born to be a heavy drinker, as he would never get drunk no matter how much he drank. Even if all the wines were mixed together, he still wouldn’t get wasted.
However, he didn’t want to stay clear-headed. His vision started becoming blurred, but he still thought that he wouldn’t get inebriated so easily. Perhaps one would get intoxicated easily when he was in a bad mood. Matthias chugged down the last bottle of vodka.
After that, he realized that his stomach was churning. He did drink a lot in the past, but he had never drunk as much as this time. The dizziness he felt made him realize that this was how getting drunk felt.
“There’s no more.” Already intoxicated, Matthias looked at the empty bottles that were scattered everywhere.
“It’s fine. I’ll get the boss to send us one more box of wine.” Evan knew that Matthias was a heavy drinker, so the wine they had just finished was too little for him.
“Alright.” Matthias put on a satisfied smile.
Matthias wasn’t a stunningly handsome man at first glance, but it would take some time for anyone to appreciate that he was actually quite good-looking. Seeing the smile on his face, Ether was enchanted.
A man must be quite crestfallen to have chugged down so much wine in one go. Ether speculated that it had something to do with a woman. The reason he was oblivious to a woman’s seduction must be that there was already someone in his heart.
Ether analyzed the situation in a rational manner, but she still felt unresigned. The chance was right before her eyes, but she just couldn’t grasp it.
Seeing through Ether’s intention, Evan put on a smile and thought whether he should give her a hand. However, given Matthias’ temperament, he would probably kill Evan after he sobered up.
Evan thought that Matthias had tried too hard to suppress his nature. The suppression, both spiritual and physical, made him incapable of relieving his suffering.
“Heather,” Matthias suddenly called out, which caused Ether to feel her chest tightening.
Evan knew that Matthias was missing Heather. He regarded himself to be a casanova, but he still couldn’t enchant a woman like Heather. Perhaps Matthias and Heather are not destined to be together.
He didn’t know how to console Matthias. He even thought that he didn’t deserve to be his friend, as he couldn’t help him relieve his suffering.
“Heather,” Matthias called out again in a clear manner. “Am I such a failure?” He stared fixedly at Ether. At this moment, he couldn’t make out who the woman in front of him really was.
