A standard deck they were playing had forty-eight cards.
It was not difficult to remember these cards based on how they looked.
But if one wanted to remember the position of each card in the deck and in the other players’ hands
simultaneously while the game was ongoing.
It was basically an impossible feat.
Because even if one knew all the cards in order and knew what cards the other party held in his hand
and what cards he had not played yet, one could still not guarantee a win.
After all, poker was not only about playing cards.
It was also a psychological battle.
Everyone had their preferences when playing poker.
A player could remember another player's preferences when playing the game.
Some liked to play big, some small, and others played just for fun.
But the important thing to remember was to wait and be patient, which was always a difficult thing to
do.
As a psychological game, those with stronger minds would win.
Iven looked at Melody in surprise, his eyes just about ready to pop out of their sockets.
"Melody, you are a wolf in sheep's clothing, aren't you?" he asked suspiciously.
"Did you pretend that you don't know the game to trick us?"
Melody raised her eyebrows and looked at Iven with eyes that were cold as ice.Her tone didn't hold any
warmth when she asked, "Is there a need for me to do that to you?"
The cold insult, coupled with Melody's insufferable, arrogant attitude, made lven combust in anger!
Red-faced and exasperated, Iven turned to look at Seth and said, "Mr.Harrison, don't you care? Your
fiancee is bullying your best friend!"
Seth answered his friend with a chuckle and looked at Iven with a sly smile in his deep eyes.
"Did she? But isn't she just telling you the truth?"
Iven couldn't believe that he just suffered a crushing defeat in front of Seth and against a woman too!
Iven hated himself for even trying to break Melody and Seth apart, although he had done it teasingly.
Alas! The two were just too affectionate and devoted to each other, and all of Ilven's plans backfired on
him! Without a shoulder to rely on, lven could only lean on the only other person beside him.
"Axel, these two people are bullying me" Iven cried out.
"Are you really going to just sit there and watch them bully me?!" Axel was unsympathetic.
He snorted coldly and pushed Iven away with a look of disgust on his face.
"Then study more, lven? “ Axel grunted.
"That way, you won't humiliate yourself!"
Anyone could be reasonable, so why did Iven have to poke fun of Seth anyway? Seth had always been
overprotective of the person he loved.
So how could Seth stand by while others criticized Melody? Axel had known this since the three of
them were children but he kept the thought to himself.
After teaching Iven a lesson, Axel counted the chips he lost and respectfully presented them to Melody
with a warm and flattering smile.
"We can't compare to your intelligence, Melody.You've only played a few rounds, and yet you've
already won so much" Axel said.
"In the future, other than Seth, I'm afraid there'll be another person that we will be adding to our
blacklist!"
Looking at Axel's fawning expression, lven felt uncomfortable.
Couldn't he learn a thing or two from Axel? Like how to be a smooth talker for one? Axel was more
slippery than a loach and smarter than a monkey! Melody turned to Seth, who was picking up the chips
on the table, and pointed at one.
"How much is one chip?" she asked.
Seth looked at the chip Melody was pointing at and gestured at her with a number.
"Fifteen thousand?" Melody asked, her face as passive as before.
Seth nodded as an answer.
The orange chips on the table were equivalent to fifteen thousand dollars while the black ones were
worth thirty thousand dollars and in front of Melody were a whole pile of them.
If Melody counted the chips on the table, there should be around a hundred chips with varying colors
on that pile.
Melody had the same expression on her face after mentally calculating the approximate value of her
win that night.
She revealed neither shock nor amusement.
It made Axel, who had been secretly observing her, a little curious.
From what he could tell on how Melody was dressed, she should still be a student.
She won over two hundred thousand dollars in a poker game, yet she didn't even seem surprised.
Under such circumstances, it would be understandable for a person to be happily surprised, but Melody
was different.She remained calm, maybe even indifferent about the whole thing.
It was quite a rare sight.
Then again, any woman who could catch Seth's attention wouldn't be so simple.
Iven glanced at the chips piled on Melody's table and sneakily approached the latter.
"Melody, you've won so much in one night.Won't you treat us to a meal?" Iven asked shamelessly.
Melody, in turn, only looked at Iven innocently and asked without a hint of politeness, "Do I really need
to treat you because I won?"
With lven's wealth, it was just a small amount of money for him to lose in a game.The reason why he
asked was to tease Melody.He didn't expect Melody to be so impolite.
lven was so shocked that he couldn't even find words to counter Melody's statement.
In Melody's opinion, Axel was the one who played the most and thus lost the money the most.
It was why she wouldn't mind treating Axel.
Besides, who made such the rule that whoever won must treat the loser? This time, when Axel saw
Iven being scolded again, he clapped happily and quipped, "Melody, you're such a wonderful woman!"
Seth watched on the side the entire time, his gaze gently and closely watched Melody.
If Melody was the brightest star in the universe, then Seth was the sun quietly hiding in the shadows of
the night, but never leaving her side.
After the few rounds of poker game they played, Melody looked a little tired.
Seth immediately felt the change in Melody the moment she frowned.So he asked with concern, "Do
you want to leave?"
Melody didn't answer right away and looked up at Iven instead.
"I won't buy you a big meal today, but can I treat you to something else?"
Hearing those words from Melody made Iven perk up.
He immediately looked at Melody and asked excitedly, "You're treating me? Will the food be delicious?"
Arare smile flashed across Melody's cold eyes before she said, "Come if you want to eat!"
Seth held Melody's hand and stood up.
The two of them walked in unison and left.
lven quickly followed.
Iven had lost all interest in poker and games with the others.
He followed Melody and Seth instead.
It was rare for the two of them to take Iven along, so he would like to take the chance.
Axel saw Iven's expression, and he knew that whatever Seth and Melody's plan were, it must have
been interesting enough for Iven to look like that.
Iven might look clumsy and gullible to others, but he was actually clever and very perceptive.
Axel knew that the only way to obtain unexpected benefits was to follow Melody and Seth.
Without turning back, Axel left the room that was full of his other friends and joined the three outside.
The rest of the people in the room could only watch as the four of them disappeared out of the room,
their eyes full of envy.
They were itching to follow eat and drink with the big boss, Axel! Melody brought the three men to
Luke's house after informing the latter that she would be dropping by his house beforehand.
When Luke heard the bell ring, he quickly ran towards the door to greet Melody, only to find out that
there were three other people beside Melody.
Luke's face froze.
He thought that Melody came to visit him alone, yet she brought along three men! Seeing the scene
made Luke's face turn upside down.
"Boss, who are these people?" The disdain in Luke's tone was unmistakable.
Melody gave him a look, and Luke quickly lowered his head like a child being scolded by his mother.
Luke retreated to the side and respectfully invited them inside.
Axel had expected more out of Melody's invitation, so he was pretty disappointed to see that they were
now eating beef stew.
Looking at Iven's excited appearance, Axel mocked in a low voice.
"You must have loved stew in your previous life, didn't you? You're this excited to see a simple stew in
front of you?!" Iven glared at him disdainfully.
"What do you know!" he hissed.
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