His Heiress Wife (Retika)

Chapter 141: Beat The Hell Out of Them 

The game of poker was about to begin but Melody still did not understand the basic rules.

When the last minute came, Seth was the one who patiently taught her about it.

Ilven saw Seth teaching Melody which made him, Axel, and the other two bad guys smile so wide that their eyes narrowed into slits.

People believed that those who had no experience in playing poker were luckier than the ones who already played.

However, this belief did not work on Melody.

Melody's first set of cards was not as good as she expected.

There were neither consecutive moves nor a match.

Even Seth could not stand it anymore.

If Melody did not want to lose, then she had to make a few adjustments by discarding some of her cards.

Hopefully, the deck would bestow upon her mercy and give her a few decent cards in return.

Sadly, Melody's opponent was Axel who was known as an excellent and ruthless player in poker.

Axel was even considered as an eccentric hermit monster in poker.

It would be better to rely on Melody's luck for this game than hope that Axel would give Melody any mercy.

When the first round ended, Melody got defeated by Iven.

The result was the same for the second round.

Melody still lost but this time, Axel was the one who won.

Both Iven and Axel had a great chance to win the third round.

So Iven began to make jokes with Melody while distributing the cards.

"Melody, how many chips do you still have?" Iven asked.

Melody pulled the drawer of the chips only to find out that she only had one chip left.

Out of the two thousand chips, this one chip should not be wasted.

If she lost this, she would completely lose this round.

Seeing the remaining chip in Melody's drawer, lven laughed out loud.

"Melody, I think that if Mr.Harrison gives you a few pointers, maybe you can turn this around?"

Iven and Axel were worried that Seth might help Melody to win the game by giving her pointers.

Fortunately, Seth did not do so.He was just focused on cracking some nuts.

The white kernels peeled by Seth were piled up into a small mountain in front of them, which made Iven want to try one.

However, lven did not have the guts to do so.

Normal people could not enjoy the fruits that Seth peeled using his own bare hands.

Seth placed the peeled kernels in front of Melody and softly said, "Don't worry about them.

If you lose, you can come back.

Eat these nuts to replenish your brainpower!"

Hearing what Seth said left lven and Axel dumbfounded.

When had Seth, who had never acknowledged his own relatives, ever been so gentle? They subconsciously looked at Melody and saw how calm she was as she picked and ate the nuts.

The expression on her face did not change at all.

This made Axel stunned as he was silently standing at the side.

‘This girl is too calm! 'he thought.

Axel could not help but think of Melody's background.

'Who is she really? How can she make Mr.Harrison care for her this much? She's just too awesome!' he said to himself.

The taste of the Hawaiian nuts was not bad.

Melody ate two pieces of it so she could regain her appetite.She even reached out her hand to grab some more.

Seeing that Melody was eating happily, Seth poured a cup of fruit tea and personally handed it over to her.

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"The tea is cold.Drink it and you will be more comfortable!" Seth said as he offered a cup of fruit tea to Melody.

Iven pulled Axel back out of surprise.

The two of them looked at each other, and Axel understood the meaning in Iven's eyes.

Axel and lven won the game but lost their mood.

What they were seeing between Seth and Melody made them feel as if they had never been in love before.

Axel couldn't stand it anymore.He pushed the cards in front of him and said angrily, "Come on, let's play again! If we don't play another game, I will just search for a loving girlfriend!"

A new round began.

This time, Melody's cards were decent.

Unfortunately, she ran out of chips.

It was too difficult to turn this game around with insufficient chips.

Iven and Axel, including their friend who came to join the game, played very casually.

They did not seem to take Melody seriously at all.

Seth stared at Melody as she played.He originally planned to secretly give her some pointers.

After all, this was the first time Melody played poker.It was okay if Melody lost the game, but it would not be good if she lost too badly.

Seth did not want to see her sad because of losing in a game.

After looking at the cards that Melody played, Seth shoved his thoughts of giving pointers away and concentrated on serving fruit tea and Hawaiian nuts as if he was trying to act like a good boyfriend.

Axel and the other players were distracted because of Seth.But when they noticed that Melody began to attack, Axel became spirited.

"Melody, to think that you could even play such an obscure combination of cards.It seems that you are planning something big," Axel said with a suspicious smile on his lips.

Melody smiled faintly but she did not say a single word.But Iven's situation on the other side became strange.He kept on folding as Melody pressured him.

It was as if he was deliberately losing the game.

Iven sat opposite Melody.He was Axel's superior, after all.

After folding the card, lven naturally had to raise the bet and fight against Axel's card.

Afterward, Axel played his cards, but Melody seemed to have become a sponge.

She readily absorbed Axel's attacks as if she already knew what was going to happen in advance.

Axel was confident.He had the most chips out of all the players here.

Even if the combination he wanted did not appear, he was sure that he would not be the one who would lose when the game ended this time.

So he changed his strategy and continued to play.

He broke the combination that he originally matched with, just to avoid relinquishing cards to Melody.

"One Circle!" Axel said out loud.

Axel threw down his card and Melody immediately shouted, "Yes!"

Axel was stunned by her.

He didn't expect that Melody would actually have a counterplay against such an obscure card move.

Iven looked at Axel in disgust.

"Axel, if I didn't know that you have always been serious on the card table, I would have suspected that you are game-fixing for Melody's sake.What rubbish are you playing? What happened to your poker skills?!"

Axel was about to retort when Iven glanced at Melody's card face.

Axel saw it himself.

He fed five to six cards in a row, and finally sent the most important card to the other party.

There was only one card left in the pot.

If he didn't open it up and play, Melody would never feel good in this game.

It was really his own card skill that was not good and he could not blame anyone else but himself.

Even if Axel was quite disappointed, he was graceful in defeat.

He smiled and said to everyone.

"Let's congratulate Melody on turning the tides around to her victory.It looks like this game can continue for another two rounds!"

Seth leaned against the side, his cold and handsome face slightly raised with a mysterious smile.His eyes that were as sharp as an eagle seemed to have seen through everything.

Iven and Axel were behaving well since they had to show respect towards Seth.

After all, it was the first time that Melody had visited them as Seth's girlfriend.

However, they still thought that Melody would lose all her chips in the end.

But something that no one expected to happen, happened.

In the next few rounds, Melody played as if she had clairvoyance.

This was not the effect of beginner's luck since everyone here agreed that Melody’s skill really improved in real-time.

After several rounds, Axel and Iven, who had won quite a bit earlier, had lost.

In the final round, Melody even raised the pot to the maximum and baited both Iven and Axel to raise by feigning that she had a bad card.

As a result, they all lost their chips to Melody.

Realizing what happened, they discovered that they lost not because of Seth's pointers but because of Melody's skills.

Iven's eyes were wide open as he looked at Melody's card on the table with his face filled with disbelief.

"Melody, you must have cheated!"

It was not just lven who noticed and was suspecting that Melody was cheating but also Axel and their friend.

Melody looked at them calmly and softly she said, "Cheating? How could it be? There are only about 48 cards in a standard deck we're playing and as long as you keep track of their positions in the deck, you should be able to win, am I right?"

"What? So you kept track of all the cards?" lven asked out of shock while staring at Melody.

Everyone went silent.