The man was the embodiment of pride. How could she see him live under the shadow of others?
Firmly, she said, "I believe you!" Looking him in the eye, she demanded, "You will live up to that belief,
won't you?"
At that moment, all thought of modesty fled from Molly. She was putting her faith in Brian. She did not
want him to lose because she was terrified to see him fail. It wasn't her desire to see Brian humiliated.
But Brian only smiled and gently rubbed Molly's lips with callused fingers. He turned around as his
sharp eyes bored into his opponent. Then with a voice so cold, he announced, "Let's begin!"
The people surrounding the table held their breath at the announcement. Several more from other
tables were attracted as well and moved towards the area. Meanwhile, in the control room, a huge
screen was focused on the table with the roulette wheel. Shane, who was gently swirling a glass of
wine in one hand, never let his eyes stray from the monitor. Although Brian Long did set up the casino,
he didn't necessarily possess special gambling skills. When he sat down to play, he usually won
because of luck and a lot of observation. And mostly, his gambling was limited to chess or cards
because these games could be learned. The roulette, however, required extremely sharp eyes and
skills. At the same time, there were several unstable factors to consider.
As he thought about it, Shane frowned. "Isn't Mr. Brian Long playing too big this time?" Like many in
the audience, he wondered why Brian made a big deal out of a midnight snack with Molly. Why would
he sacrifice like this? He mumbled, "He's quite possessive." Then Shane shifted his focus on Hanson
and his brows furrowed unintentionally. "Who is this man anyway? Mr. Brian Long just arrived, so how
could he attract Mr. Long's attention," he murmured.
The atmosphere downstairs was becoming extremely tense at that moment. Hanson held three silver
balls in his hand while Brian looked at him indifferently. Both had given their six numbers. Brian placed
his bets on the numbers 6, 8, 11, 19, 21, and 27. Hanson chose almost the same set of numbers,
except for 21, which he replaced with 00.
Of the six Brian picked, some were chosen by Molly in the previous rounds, while the others were his.
Every single one had special significance for both Molly and Brian.
Slightly raising the corner of his lips to form a mocking smile, Hanson threw one of his balls with a flash
of coldness in the motion. Due to the law of inertia, the wheel spun quickly from the force. With
excellent timing, Brian followed by throwing one of his own balls into the roulette wheel. Then, with
exact the same procedure, they tossed in their second balls. The evil smile on Hanson's face slowly
faded as he threw a glance at Brian.Soon, the third balls followed.
Bang! Ding! Bang! The clanging sounds as six balls bounced inside the roulette raised the tension
around the table. The noisy racket also raised the level of excitement. At some point, Hanson was
thinking of deliberately tossing his third ball a second later than Brian to prevent any cheating, but his
expression changed all of a sudden.
As the steel balls continued to knock into each other inside the spinning wheel, the banging sounds
went on and on. Gradually, five balls began to slow down, and with every person's eyes on them, they
landed in the slots with the numbers 6, 8, 11, 19, and 00. If the last ball landed in 27, Hanson would be
declared the winner. The suspense had everyone holding their breath.
Secretly, the crowd collectively sighed. The audience were anticipating something dramatic or
unexpected, but it didn't look that way. The result appeared to be very clear.
Molly kept twisting her hands anxiously. She looked at the steel ball that continued to spin and hoped it
would miss the number 27 slot. This way, it would at least be a draw.
She felt her pulse throbbing in her throat and couldn't believe she was this nervous. All of a sudden,
Molly felt a big hand cover her twisting hands, and she instinctively turned to Brian. He was looking at
her with a soft expression, not at all worried about the result, but more worried about nervous Molly.
A final bang rang out in the space that had gone quiet, and the crowd's eyes were suddenly wide open
as they watched the spinning steel ball knock out the ball in the slot numbered 00, while two balls
started spinning at the same time.
Inside the control room, Shane smiled and shook his head as if he was helpless, then mumbled, "Mr.
Brian Long's double-hit trick seemed to have improved by more than two levels after three years' of
practice in Hell Forest."
He had calculated the speed of the wheel before throwing in the last steel ball so that it would hit the
first ball that was about to stop, and let this hit Hanson's last ball. Using the law of inertia, this would
result in knocking out the ball in the 00 position.
Shane stored the video without even waiting for the final result, which was clear to everyone when they
saw the ball in the 00 slot get knocked out of the roulette.
Downstairs, Hanson had on a wide smile but told Brian without emotion, "Your double-hit trick truly
deserves its reputation." That said, he headed towards the door to leave. As he walked past Brian,
Hanson glanced at Molly and said to her, "With such a man protecting you, no wonder thousands of
women are jealous of you."
With a sinister smile, he departed with an air of arrogance much to everyone's surprise, as they
wondered if he would fulfill his bet promise. But, he and Brian clearly understood that as a man of good
faith, he knew what he was supposed to do if he lost the bet.
As Molly stared at Hanson's departing figure, her mind lingered on Hanson's last words before leaving.
Slowly, she looked at Brian and was baffled trying to recall what Hanson told her. At a loss for words,
she now felt confused unlike the earlier shock and nervousness.
Before the showdown, Brian asked if she believed him.
'Bri, I can believe you to take me through thorns, ' Molly thought.
'But can I believe the kindness you're showing me?' she wondered.
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