Bella turned her face away in depression, staring at the flashing neon lights outside the window. Yesterday he said he wanted to have a child with her, but today he turned his back on her. This man was much fickler than a woman.
He was good to her sometimes, but was bad to her another time. Being tortured by his severe schizophrenia, she was about to lose track of the reality of the good and bad.
Kevin made a few phone calls halfway through, and just said, “Come out for a drink at the usual place.”
Bella didn’t know who he was meeting, and didn’t ask, but he wouldn’t say anyway. So she didn’t score off herself.
The car finally came to a stop after driving fast all the way to the city’s largest casino, the Royal Rose, where it stopped.
“Get out.”
The man beside her coldly ordered, but she was a little hesitant. Although she wasn’t an open woman, she did not often go to this kind of recreation place. But she had already heard the Royal Rose, an extremely prurient place.
“I’m a teacher after all.”
“So?”
“It’s inappropriate to come here, isn’t it?”
He scoffed mockingly, “Who force you to come here? Don’t forget, you insist on following me. No one is forcing you.”
After saying that, he took it upon himself to walk towards the door of the casino. Bella stood in place helplessly, but followed in bravely.
It was only at this moment that she finally understood what his terrifying smile meant.
As expected to be the top club, it was as large as a palace, and the design was intricate. Bella closely followed Kevin, afraid of being lost when being absent-minded.
Kevin stopped in front of the door of a number eight box. The waiter respectfully opened the door, which had been seated three or four people, all dressed in brand name. They were all rich masters.
“Kevin, it’s been a while.”
“Kevin, why are you free to ask the guys out for a drink today?”
……..
As soon as the people in the box saw him, they greeted him, and Bella stood outside the door, struggling with whether to follow him in.
“Come in.”
She hadn’t made up her mind yet. Kevin had already given the order. There was no way out, so she could only take a deep breath and step in.
“Who’s this?”
“She is your seventh wife, isn’t she?”
“Kevin is so happy. It’s so easy for you to marry again. This one is more stylish…”
“Not only is she stylish, but also she is awesome.”
Faced with teasing voices, Bella broke out in a cold sweat. Why did she suffer from that insults? Did she still want to put yourself out there as an object for those perverts to watch for that moody guy?
Kevin indifferently sat down, not caring how awkward Bella was. She silently walked to him, just about to sit down, but he stared at her, “Don’t sit here.”
The atmosphere was so awkward for a time. Bella froze in place. But those few men, actually beckoned to her, “Beauty, come here… Beauty, come here… Beauty, the two of them are perverts. This is the safest place.”
Bella was annoyed. What did they take her for? A barmaid? She looked at Kevin. It was true that Birds of a feather flocked together. His friends were a bunch of trash like him.
She didn’t sit next to the four scum, but instead sat on the only available couch. She could clearly see Kevin as long in her position.
“Why don’t you call Miss?”
What Kevin said calmly shocked a few of his friends to look at each other in dismay and at a loss for words. Roman asked in surprise, “Is it your slip of the tongue, or did we mishear you. Don’t you hate women the most?”
“It varies from person to person, but a stalker is annoying, while a well-behaved and obedient woman is pleasing.”
He was clearly speaking to Bella.
“So is the seventh wife the former or the latter?”
Roman continued to poke fun.
Ives immediately answered, “Is there any need to ask? Look at her being dignified and virtuous, she must be extremely well-behaved and obedient.”
“That’s not necessarily true. Some people pretend to be well-behaved and obedient on the surface, but in fact they are rebellious. You mustn’t be blinded by the illusion of pretending.”
Bella gnashed her teeth and glared at the man opposite. He could vent out his dissatisfaction directly, and no longer made such a sarcastic accusation.
She looked away querulously, and startled to discover, because of Kevin’s words, a few scum seem to be more interested in her, boldly looking at her, and teasing her.
She was wrong and resentful, but she didn’t show those emotions. She won’t be cheated by him. The reason why he embarrasses her was to force her to get angry and leave tactfully.
She would rather be wronged than let him achieve his goal. This was the only chance to repay her parents-in-law who loved her like her own parents.
Thinking like this and holding on, she could put aside all the distractions and smiled with amusement, “I’m not called the seventh wife. I’m Bella. Nice to meet you.”
“Nice to meet you too. Can we shake your hand?”
Roman busily got up and sat beside her, and the other three men followed, extending their hands in front of her in unison.
She shook them one by one, without being overly enthusiastic or indifferent to anyone, admirably decent.
When Kevin looked at them, he suddenly made a startling suggestion, “Let’s play dice, not betting on money, but on people.”
“Gambling on people?”
Everyone, including Bella, was shocked by his proposal, and could men still be taken as a bet?
“Yeah, whoever loses will leave his wife for everyone’s amusement.”
Kevin’s words were surprising. Ives swallowed his saliva and said, “Kevin, make it clear, except for you, none of us here have wives.”
“It’s the same if you don’t have a wife and have a lover. When you make a phone, many women will come here.”
Roman laughed, “There are plenty of lovers there, but Kevin, are you serious?”
“Do you need to sign an agreement?”
He raised eyebrows, but the four of them shook their hands, “That’s not necessary. We’ll make a call.”
They took their phones and walked out successively. The original noisy box suddenly quieted down, so quiet that a pin dropped on the ground could be heard. Bella expressionlessly looked straight at Kevin. Only after a long time did she ask, “Before you make such a ridiculous proposal, don’t you ask for my consent?”
Kevin sneered and pointed at the door of the box, “If you don’t want to play, you can leave now. No one will stop you.”
He didn’t hide his intentions. Anything he said and any decision he made were just to get rid of her.
“If it’s okay with you, then it’s okay with me.”
Bella accepted his provocation hard. There was no one in this world who could endure more than her.
And her endurance was attributed to her biological father and non-biological mother.
The truth that she had always held in high esteem was that a small intolerance could lead to chaos.
When Kevin saw that she had no intention of leaving yet, he was about to say something but his friends returned, so he had to stop. Let’s see how much longer she could endure.
The waiter brought the dice and foreign wine, Ives pulled out a wad of hundred dollar bills from his wallet to tip him. The waiter immediately smiled and asked, “Would you like to call a lady over?”
He waved, “No, our backup group will be here soon.”
Osmond brought a glass of foreign wine to Bella, “Miss Burne-Brown, taste this wine. You may like it.”
She politely declined, “Thank you. I don’t drink.”
“No, right? Are there any women these days who don’t drink? Don’t worry, we don’t put any drugs in the drink.”
“I’m sorry. I really don’t drink.”
She excused continually, but Osmond kept persuading her to drink. When talking, the red liquid spilled all over her, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to.”
Osmond was busy taking out a handkerchief to wipe it for her. She awkwardly snatched it away, “It’s okay, I’ll just do it myself.”
“Osmond, you soiled her clothes. Shouldn’t you compensate her for ten of them?”
Roman bantered teasingly.
“I should do that. I can compensate for twenty or thirty pieces.”
Kevin didn’t say a word, as if the woman who was teased by her friends had nothing to do with him. Looking at his indifferent attitude, Bella was disappointed, getting up and saying, “I’m going to the washroom.”
Standing in front of the washroom sink, gazing at herself in the mirror, she took a deep breath and said lonely, “Bella, do you feel aggrieved? From the moment you were born, you were destined to go through setbacks and difficulties. Now the barrier in front of you isn’t a bid deal, don’t be sentimental about it. Cheer up, you can do it.”
Turning the faucet on, she scooped up a handful of cold water and tapped it to her face, and she was much more sober and refreshed.
Walking back into the box again, before entering the door, she took another deep breath. As long as the door was pushed open, she was going to continue to be unbeatable.
The door was eventually pushed open, and the box was even more lively. In addition of those men, there were four beauties, all charming, flirtatious and affectionate.
The betting officially begun on the table in the center of the couch, and her decision to stay or go tonight was up to him, who had no intention of winning.