Chapter 51 Betting All Her Chips

Day Four…

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Little Ethan watched them in puzzlement. Everyone had a startled look on their faces while Abigail was the only one smiling among them.

Ethan moved his gaze to the table where Abigail's card was laid out. He saw two cards: three of hearts and an ace of spade. Then he shifted his gaze to the five community cards: Queen of Hearts, King of Hearts, Ten Spades, Five Clubs, and Queen of Spades.

The card combination didn't make sense to him so he asked Abigail. "Miss Abi, did you win?"

Abigail let out a soft chuckle and shook her head. "We have to see your Aunt's cards first before finding out whether I win or not."

Veronica flipped her cards to show them. She had Two Queens which were to be paired up with the other two Queens in the community cards. This gave her the best combination of four of a kind, thus she won this round.

But that was not the point here! Abigail bet until the end with those cards in hand. She had zero combination at all!

'Seriously? Does she really know how to play poker?' Aiden facepalmed at that thought.

Stephen, on the other hand, could only laugh out loud. He found Abigail very amusing! Was she only bluffing them? Veronica even got anxious, thinking that Abigail had a full house. But in the end, her cards had no chance of winning at all.

Veronica won this round! She sneered at Abigail, mocking her. Soon, the second round continued. And Abigail did the same thing. She lost all her green and blue chips.

Veronica was now in the lead. She was laughing inside as one last round left and Abigail would be kicked out of the mansion very soon!

Butler Li and Ethan were the ones getting nervous and afraid for Abigail. The two didn't want Abigail to leave the mansion. But Veronica was already winning.

Seeing the stressful look in Ethan's eyes, Abigail talked to him.

"Ethan, what's wrong? Why are you looking so sad?" Abigail cupped his small face, rubbing his cheeks.

With his teary eyes, he responded, "I don't want you to lose."

Veronica's face turned dark and gloomy when she heard Ethan's remarks. She hated the way her nephew was so attached to this outsider.

"C'mon, Ethan. Don't be sad. Miss Abi is not going anywhere. Your Aunt is only joking!" Aiden said, trying to console the young boy.

Stephen also nodded his head in agreement. But Veronica just remained adamant about it. Of course, she was not kidding. She was dead serious when she told them her bet! Abigail should leave the mansion!

"A bet is a bet," Veronica uttered sternly, glaring at Aiden and Stephen.

"Fine, a bet is a bet," Abigail repeated Veronica's words.

"Ethan… Do you trust me?" Abigail asked the boy as she held his shoulders while looking straight into his eyes.

The young boy just bobbed his head, wiping the tears on the corners of his eyes which were threatening to fall.

Abigail ruffled his hair and said, "Watch me, I'm gonna win this round."

Then she leaned closer to the boy, whispering something in his ear. "May I borrow your phone, Ethan? I will just message someone… my secret weapon." She winked at him.

Ethan immediately handed his phone over to Abigail. Before proceeding to the last round, Abigail excused herself first to send a message to someone.

Meanwhile, Veronica rolled her eyes skyward, annoyed by Abigail's guts. She didn't know what she was up to. But one thing was for sure, luck was on Veronica's side right now. One last round and the outsider would be evicted from this house!

Abigail hadn't returned yet when Aiden received a phone call coming from Nathan.

"Damn! Nathan is calling me!" He blurted out as he glanced at his phone screen.

Butler Li also took his phone out to check something. His eyes lit up when he saw a message. Then he glanced at Veronica, Aiden, and Stephen. The three were distracted as soon as Nathan's name was mentioned.

"Should I answer this or not?" Aiden asked Veronica and Stephen anxiously. Deep inside, he felt guilty for involving Nathan in this bet.

They didn't refuse Abigail's demand and continued playing. Once Nathan learned that he became the bet in this game, only god knows what he would do to them.

"Answer it!" Veronica urged him. "Don't worry. Abigail will never win this last round so we are not getting in trouble." She was confident that nothing could go wrong in the next round. Abigail only knew how to bluff, betting until the end even though she didn't have a nice card combination.

Stephen just stayed silent, wondering why Abigail kept on repeating the same mistakes. He felt that she was intentionally doing it to taunt Veronica further, making her believe that Abigail had no chance of winning.

If Abigail would win the last round, Veronica would not be able to accept it. That's what he concluded by assessing Abigail's actions. 'Is she going to strike back at the last round, turning the table around?'

While Stephen was lost in his thoughts, Aiden finally answered the call.

"Is everything alright? How is your assignment?" Nathan's voice was heard from the other line. He sounded curious.

"Of course, everything is fine!" Aiden replied. "I'm still at your house… doing my 'homework'," he added meaningfully.

"Okay. I'll be returning tomorrow. I will have your report by then." Nathan immediately hung up.

After that phone call, Abigail also returned to the table. The players were now ready to play the last round.

After dealing out the first two cards to each player, Abigail didn't take a peek at her two cards. She just kept them facing down without checking the cards.

'Is she giving up already?' Veronica asked herself, lifting an eyebrow.

Even Stephen and Aiden were wondering what she was planning to do now. They started placing their bets until the last community card was shown to them.

Smiling mischievously, Abigail placed all her remaining chips to raise the bet.

"I'm betting all my chips… Do you want to challenge my luck now, Dr. Veronica? I haven't seen any of my cards yet," Abigail said, provoking and at the same time, challenging Veronica.

Veronica: '...'

Aiden: 'Is she for real? Damn! She's crazy to gamble like this!'

Stephen: 'Uh-oh, I think this is the most exciting part.'