Wedding bet
use before Ashley arrived. Sometimes he had to sneak away so that his daughter wouldn't see h
ut the amount of money he could win that night. Ethan was addicted, and he knew it. He had lost his wife an
r other guys, and just as the game was about to st
ormer business partner who had stolen a large portion of
ecause you didn't succeed the first ti
iver spread his arms, "
uld have a chance to recover much of what Oliver had stolen from h
y house,
men in Las Vegas. Properties were somethin
shouted, "come on, raise the stakes
he house and the car. He also couldn't let thi
ughter?" Oliver suggested, "how
ter," Ethan stood up agitat
can reclaim your inheritance. If you lose, your daughter wi
down, he was already tired of living that life. He was
Ashley?" Ethan couldn'
" he said with great certainty, "in
ns to convince Ethan that
s tremble, "if you win, promise me y
fe," Oliver said, but Ethan di
that this time luck would be on his side. The players were showing their hands, and Ethan's hope was ignited every time a card was revealed. But Oliver would be the last; Ethan would only b
he had lost the bet, and now As
day," Oliver shoute
invaded his heart, and he immediately
ready to leave, "I don't wa
nting him from escaping, "go home and tell Ashley to pre
uld a man like you, capable of having any wom
yourself, it'
onvince Oliver that it
terrupted, "tomorrow I w
ly. He bet because he genuinely believed he would win that b
the stairs. She had a worried expression on her face,
asino again," Ethan didn't say an
seeking strength within hi
t day, you're there again, spending what little
hing I had," Ethan said as
d to run
ed behind him, her heart pounding in her chest,
raid to tell her the truth. Ethan stopped, still on the stairs,
," he finall
of disbelief for
and I lost," he
n't believe it, but when she saw the desperat
hite," he revealed at last, "h
gal," Ashley
uted, "if I don't give you to
e shouted too, "becau
her. The next day, before the sun rose, Oliver was