Chapter 218: She’ll Be Collateral
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As soon as William said that, the chubby man whom Lucas had replaced as a player at the table and who could now only stand by and watch couldn’t help but sneer. “William Carter, you want to call? That’s a million dollars in cash. Are you sure you can afford to call?”
The poker players next to him also agreed. “Exactly, William Carter, we all know how much money you have. When you first came here a few days ago, you had less than a million dollars. Besides, you’ve lost so much money in the past few days, you probably only have a few hundred grand left. How can you afford to call the bet?”
When they exposed how much William had, his face flushed with embarrassment. But he soon swallowed his pride and exclaimed loudly, “I really have a good hand! As long as I can call the bet, I will definitely win! If someone lends me a million dollars, I’ll pay you one-point-two million when I win. I won’t go back on my word!”
His words immediately sparked more mockery and louder discussion.
The majority of players here were experienced gamblers who had met all sorts of people at the poker table, especially those who often borrowed money to continue gambling.
But people like William who bet all the money he had and even tried to borrow more from others were rare!
“Damn it, William Carter. Are you trying to gain something without risking anything of your own? You’re penniless now, but you want us to lend you money? You’re really thick-skinned!”
“Haha, this is the first time I’ve witnessed something like this! William Carter, why don’t you lend me a few grand? If I win, I’m willing to share half of my winnings with you. Will you do it?”
“Exactly! Does this dimwit take all of us for fools? If we had so much money, why wouldn’t we play ourselves? We’d be able to win a million dollars in one go. Why should we lend our money to you so that you can gamble?”
“That’s right! If you lose, you won’t even be able to pay back the million dollars you owe! Who would be so stupid as to lend you money?”
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Almost everyone was mocking and sneering at William.
Cheyenne looked very uncomfortable. But since William was her father, she could only step forward again and grab his arm. Looking at him with a pleading and miserable gaze, she sobbed and said, “Dad, stop gambling. Let’s go home!”
“Get lost!” William pushed Cheyenne away roughly. Now, all that was on his mind were on the cards he was holding and the million dollars that he was about to win. He regarded anyone who wanted to obstruct him as his enemy.
He had utterly become engrossed in gambling, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Cheyenne was caught off guard when he pushed her away and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, her friend Lena was standing beside her and managed to reach out quickly to grab her.
Lucas watched everything with a sharp gaze in his eyes.
If William wasn’t Cheyenne’s father, he would never have allowed anyone to push or shove Cheyenne without bearing any consequences.
Everyone treated William like he was a joke, so no one was willing to lend him money.
After pleading in vain, William suddenly looked at Lucas, and his eyes lit up. “Sir… Sir, please lend me a million dollars! If I win later, I’ll give you back three hundred grand. How does that sound?”
William’s words made everyone sneer and guffaw loudly in derision.
How thick-skinned must he be to borrow money from his opponent to win his opponent’s money? What an oddball he is to come up with such an idea!
Lucas sighed in his head about William. His father-in-law had actually stooped so low and forgone his pride for the sake of gambling.
Lucas didn’t agree to William’s request to borrow money from him but didn’t reject him right away. He said with contempt, “Are you that confident you can win?”
William didn’t even hear the mockery in Lucas’s tone, and instead, he felt that there was hope in borrowing money. He frantically nodded. “That’s right! The cards I got in this round are great. I can definitely win against you!”
Everyone else at the table couldn’t help but want to call William a fool.
If he really had an excellent hand and was confident of winning, there would be even less of a need for the young man to lend money to William for him to call his bet.
As long as he didn’t lend William the money, William wouldn’t be able to call the bet, much less win the game. In that case, the young man would be able to rake in all the other chips on the table, which were worth at least a hundred grand.
But if he lent William a million dollars and William ended up winning, the young man would end up losing 700,000 even if William returned 300,000 to him.
This was a calculation that an ordinary person could make!
William was just too blinded not to realize this. He even had the cheek to ask Lucas for money so that he could win Lucas’s money. What a weirdo!
But to everyone’s surprise, the young man actually agreed!
“If you are really so confident in yourself, then I will give you a chance to win against me. But I won’t lend you a million dollars for nothing. You’ll have to put up your valuables as collateral,” Lucas slowly said while staring at William.
William was exhilarated to hear this but then immediately frowned. “Collateral…. Valuable? But I don’t have anything valuable on me now! Well… can I go home later to bring them here to you?”
Lucas shook his head and suddenly smiled before pointing at Cheyenne.
“Isn’t she your daughter? Well then, use her as collateral!” Lucas’s voice was like that of a demon. “If you lose to me later, this woman will belong to me!”
Cheyenne was naturally aware of Lucas’s plan long ago. So when she saw this, she played along and pretended to be terrified. She avoided his gaze and hid behind William while pleading softly, “Dad…”
“No.” William clenched his jaw and turned Lucas down. “Cheyenne is my daughter. I won’t lose her to you!”
Lucas shrugged and retorted, “Didn’t you just say that you were absolutely confident that you would win this game against me when you asked to borrow money from me? If you have the confidence to win, why would you worry about losing your daughter to me?”
After William heard this, the look of determination on his face gradually vanished as he began to waver.
Yeah, I said that I’m confident in winning against him. And as long as I win this round, I’ll win more than a million dollars. Cheyenne will be safe and fine too!
Yeah!
It’s just putting Cheyenne up as collateral temporarily. There are no risks involved!
With that thought, William made up his mind and agreed. “Okay! I’ll temporarily put my daughter up as collateral, but you have to give me a million dollars worth of chips now!”
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