Chapter 661 A Secret

Living in Chloe's house was not all that bad, except for having to occasionally look at Nolan's gloomy face.

Ashley stayed there for more than ten days. As soon as her prescribed home confinement was over, she was ready to leave. After all, having Nolan look at her so plaintively was becoming unbearable.

Ashley also regretted having taken up so much of Chloe's time.

As Ashley mentioned her desire to leave, Chloe suddenly told her some news. "The stone you gave me last time has been cut and polished. It's a green emerald. A small one with a high-grade pure color."

Now Chloe was extremely excited, wondering where Ashley had found this mysterious stone.

Why was there even been a piece of emerald hidden inside it?

But Ashley herself had no idea why a piece of emerald would be found inside the stone.

Her heart beat a rapid staccato as she mulled over the news.

"Really?" was all Ashley could blurt out upon hearing the news.

"I don't have the emerald here, though. They just called me," Chloe answered with a nod.

As she had been with Nolan for some time, she knew more about gambling stones than most people did.

Ashley's excitement was beyond words. As expected, her guess was correct.

"Chloe, do you know where I can find a market where the buy and sell gambling stones?" Ashley pursed her lips and looked at Chloe earnestly.

"Yes, I do," Chloe replied cautiously, nodding her head. She had been to an underground casino several times before.

Seeing Ashley's excited reaction, Chloe suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Can you take me there?"

Ashley stared at her, wide eyed and serious.

"Why would you want to go to that kind of place? It's not a place for innocent people like you," Chloe warned.

Ashley was such a good person, so quiet and delicate. It had never occurred to Chloe that Ashley would even make such a request.

Seeing that Chloe didn't agree with her, Ashley knew that Chloe had refused, for her own good. She really shouldn't venture going to places like that.

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you, okay?"

Richard gave an obedient nod.

Then Ashley followed closely behind Nolan with Richard's hand firmly clasped in hers.

Upon entering, their first impression was that this was just an ordinary bar.

She didn't know how it had been done, but after following several curved paths, they finally reached the underground casino!

Loud noise filled Ashley's ears.

She raised her eyes and surveyed the people inside. There were many rich and powerful personalities as well as some experienced and mature people.

There was a swarm of servants around them.

It was the first time that Ashley had been to such a gathering, and she was a little scared. But when she thought of what she had come to do, she lifted her chin up without hesitation.

There were all kinds of people gathered here. Some were mere spectators and had no interest in playing, and there were those who just wanted to have fun. This way they wouldn't lose all of their wealth. But to some people the stones were more important than their own lives. If they lost, they could not bear the defeat and disappointment. Some people then lost their sanity, while others seemed to lose their common sense.

Gambling stones! Gambling stones! It was just a 'bet!'

You might become a millionaire or even a billionaire overnight, but you might also be reduced to a homeless beggar in an instant.