Chapter 282: A Perfect Excuse

Halle glanced at the crowd in the banquet. “There are so many guests today. Hilla is still taking care of the babies. I should help her.”

Halle looked at Margaret and frowned.

“Halle, we have many servants in the house. Don’t bother, just ask them to do. Compared to you, I am rather lazy.”

“Of course, you’re lazy. When you were a child, what you liked most was to the snack shop.”

When Riya thought of how chubby Margaret was when she was a child, she couldn’t help but laugh. At that time, Margaret was cute and chubby. Her skin was white, and her eyes were bright.

She often held a lollipop in her hand and stuffed it into her mouth at the sight of others, fearing that others would eat the lollipop.

She wondered why Margaret was so crazy about money. The Anderson family must have given lots of money to her as pocket money.

“As we have nothing to do, why don’t we go to play cards?”

Margaret’s eyes lit up and immediately pulled Halle and Riya to the room upstairs.

Bruce and Julian were here to treat the guest, and later Hilla would come out with the child in her arms, so there were free.

“What about Loris?”

Riya glanced at Loris and Bruce and kindly reminded Margaret.

Margaret frowned and said, “With so many people here, I don’t want to argue with Bruce. It’s not good for the reputation of the Anderson family. I might as well ignore them. Moreover, it should be Hilla who needs to handle it.”

Riya looked at Margaret in disbelief. She didn’t expect that Margaret would be so sober. She had thought that Margaret would rush over and beat Bruce up.

If Margaret really beat Bruce up, it would be quite interesting.

“You guys play. I’d better go to help.”

Halle felt the need to do something when living in the Anderson’s. Although she was Hilla’s elder sister, she didn’t belong to the Anderson family.

She would try to repay whenever getting help from others.

Although servants could handle all these, Halle could feel a little better by doing something.

“No, no, we can’t play without you.”

As Margaret spoke, she was dragging them upstairs. Riya didn’t decline Margaret’s

invitation because she had already been boring for a while. Halle whispered, “But I don’t know how to play!” “I’ll help you!”

Before Margaret could say something, she heard the deep voice of a man behind her.

Halle turned her head and saw Horton walking towards her.

Halle was a little nervous and at a loss. She retreated and wanted to escape.

However, she happened to jump into Horton’s arms. Then Margaret pulled her to the room.

“Horton, why are you here? How could you play with us? You’re alone, but we have three women here. Go downstairs to have fun.”

Margaret waved her hand impatiently as if she wanted Horton to leave.

Horton glanced at Halle and then turned to Margaret. He didn’t move but smiled, “Halle doesn’t know how to play. Do you want to win her money?”

Margaret stared at him. How could he speak out the truth?

Margaret glared at Horton and said angrily, “Alright, but you can only see Halle’s cards. If Halle loses, you pay for it.”

“No problem.”

Men should pay for it for women.

Horton immediately agreed. However, Halle felt awkward and didn’t what to say.

“Alright, that’s it. Let’s begin!”

Margaret said happily and asked the servants to take the cards. Then she entered the room with Halle in her right and Riya left.

Horton also followed them.

However, before the door closed, Stefan showed up.

Horton glanced at Stefan and spared the door for him without saying anything.

Downstairs in the hall.

People were busy drinking and talking. They had already got used to this kind of extravagant life.

The housekeeper of the Hutt family hurriedly came to Claus and whispered to him a few words.

Then Claus smiled and looked upstairs, “It’s good, as long as Horton could understand me. Are you sure Miss Marley is there too?”

“Yes, she went upstairs with Miss Anderson, followed by Mr. Hutt. They are in the room upstairs.”

Although there was anyone else there, Horton and Riya finally could meet each other. Claus thought it good as they could spend together and have a better understanding of each other.

If Riya fell in love with Horton, Claus wouldn’t need to arrange appointments between them.

“Keep an eye on them. Don’t let Horton and Miss Marley come downstairs so quickly.”

If Margaret were sensible enough, she would give room to Horton and Riya.

They could stay in Anderson’s guest room as long as they had passions for each other.

Claus smiled proudly. The love in the youth was just a result of passion. He knew that men always like young and pretty women, including Horton. He would certainly be interested in Riya.

Upstairs they were play cards excitedly, with four against one.

Stefan suddenly appeared and decided to join Riya. Margaret had to fight alone.

She had wished to win some money from Halle and Riya. However, it became more difficult.

However, Halle gradually knew how to play under the guidance of Horton.

Margaret could not be the winner again and began to lose money.

She was upset.

It seemed that Stefan had said something, but Riya glared at him, “Shut up.”

Stefan kept speaking when she was playing cards. It was really annoying. Why couldn’t Stefan be quiet?

Being scolded by Riya, Stefan immediately shut up!

“Margaret, you’re the banker again.”

After Riya finished playing her cards, she finally had the time to look at Margaret and Halle opposite her. She seemed to be confident.

Margaret couldn’t help but frown. It was annoying to see beautiful Riya like that.

Riya was a little proud.

Halle was slow in playing cards, but she still looked up at Margaret, “Margaret, are you the banker again?”

It was strange. Riya had been the banker twice, but Margaret had been the banker many times.

“You just wait and see.”

Halle frowned and asked uncertainly, “Are you sure?”

After Halle finished speaking, she looked down at the cards in her hands. There were two kings, four two, and two A. She worried that Margaret would suffer great losses.

She thought that it would be hard for Margaret to win this round.

…

Margaret bit her lips and held the card tightly in her hands. Thinking of her increasingly less money, she gritted her teeth.

“I believe that fortune will stand on my side.”

Riya smiled and threw out a King.

She then looked at Margaret and asked, “Will you play your card now?”

Margaret stared at the only one Ace in her hand, frowning as she tried to make a decision.

Riya asked impatiently, “Can you hurry?”

“Can’t you let me think it over?”

Margaret replied in a fierce voice. It was really too infuriating to her that she was dealt a bad hand today. And she was the landlord of each round.

She only had an ace of spades in her hand. This was just the beginning and it was her highest card, so she couldn’t play it now.

“Pass!”

After thinking for a while, Margaret gritted her teeth and said no.

Damn! She didn’t believe that Riya had no low cards.

“Triple 3 and pair 4.”

Riya played her lowest cards in her hands easily. Margaret’s eyes lit up, and she immediately played triple 5 and pair 7.

Halle looked at Riya and said, “Pass.”

She deliberately let them play more cards.

Margaret was overjoyed because she did not expect that she could make Riya pass once.

Margaret played a 3, and Halle then played a Q.

Margaret opened her eyes wide, feeling that her A was in imminent danger.

“Pass!”

“Pass.”

Riya and Margaret said one after another. Halle looked at them and put down the cards in her hands. She said to Margaret with some embarrassment, “Margaret, why don’t we stop playing cards?”

Margaret stared at Halle’s card and was so angry that she almost fainted.

She thought, “Heavens, you prefer Halle too much, don’t you? How can her cards be so high? Two Joker Kings, two pairs of 2 and a pair Ace. She’s so lucky!”

Only Halle did not know how to play cards, but her cards were always high and she won them every time.

“This is too much. I feel that your way of shuffling is wrong.”

Riya did not care whether Margaret was angry or not. “Don’t talk nonsense. Hurry up and give me the money.”

“Don’t you know? Gambling is illegal.”

Margaret raised her head with a pitiful look on her face. Halle didn’t know what to say when she saw that.

Margaret didn’t say that when she asked them to play cards.

“I think you are just trying to cheat.”

“I’m not. It’s you guys who went too far. I’m alone and you two are in a team. My luck can’t rival yours.”

How could one person’s luck win against that of two people?

Riya raised an eyebrow and said, “Then you can ask someone to help you.”

Riya had won, and she was in a good mood.

She was very delightful especially when she saw stingy Margaret pay money.

“It’s better not to play!”

Halle had long been unable to sit still. Hearing that, she got up, but the next second, she was pressed down by the hand on her shoulder.

Since he entered the room, Horton had been sitting beside her and his hand rested on the back of her chair.

In the beginning, he taught her how to play cards.

Later, he tightly grabbed her shoulder by the hand. Every time Halle said that she didn’t want to play anymore, he would press her down.

She was a little impatient now. She turned to look at Horton and found that Horton was also looking at her with a meaningful smile at the corners of his mouth.

He wore a pair of golden glasses. Halle could read nothing in his eyes. She just felt that his smile and his eyes were evil.

“OK. Let’s go ahead. I’ll go downstairs and find someone now.”

Margaret was excited as she said to Halle and Riya, “Both of you are not allowed to leave. Tonight, we will fight until dawn.”

“Dawn? I can’t. Emily…”

Halle subconsciously wanted to get up. She could not play cards with them until dawn. Emily would be afraid if she could not see Halle at night.

Riya saw Halle’s nervous look and could not help but laugh, “Dawn? This is just an exaggeration. Ignore what she said. Play with her for a while and then we will go to rest.”

Halle breathed a sigh of relief and sat down in her seat.

All the time, she felt a hand with slender fingers on her shoulder.

It had to be said that Horton’s hands which were used for curing diseases and saving people, were very attractive.

Halle’s eyes were fixed on Horton’s hand for a while.

Riya looked at them and something suddenly occurred to her.

She felt they were strange and had thought that Horton was here for her. After all, his housekeeper had called her many times in the past two days.

In her eyes, Horton would never shrink back even in public.

If he was really here for her, he would not take the initiative to sit next to Halle.

There was clearly something fishy going on between Halle and Horton.

Riya grabbed Stefan’s hand in excitement.

Stefan lowered his head and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Riya glanced at Halle, who was looking at her and replied with a smile, “Nothing. I just want to eat some fruit.”

Stefan said OK and before Riya could speak again, he already stood up and walked out of the door.

The moment he closed the door, he let out a sigh of relief. His face, which always remained unchanged, now looked strange. He looked down at his finger that had just been grabbed.

He rubbed it gently before walking downstairs to get the fruit.

In no time, Margaret got someone back from the outside.

Halle was not surprised when she saw Julian, but when the three men in the room saw each other, they were all slightly startled. Then they nodded to each other as a greeting.

As soon as Julian arrived, he took the initiative to sit next to Margaret.

Riya said, “I thought you would invite an expert. It turns out that you’ve invited your fiancé to display affection. Margaret, are you here to play cards or display affection?”

“Not only you have a fiance.”

Margaret was a little depressed when she was teased by Riya. Just now she went downstairs to look for Bruce, but Bruce was surrounded by a group of people and he had no time at all.

She didn’t even have a chance to talk to Bruce, so she had no choice but to find someone else at the banquet.

However, after a long time, she found out that only Julian was willing to help her.

She also met Orlenna downstairs. If Orlenna knew that she was playing cards in the room, Orlenna would surely scold her to death.

Seeing her holding Julian, Orlenna did not even bother to look at her. She thought, “This man is really a perfect excuse.”

“I did it just for fairness. 2:2. If the butler has time, I really hope that he can be here. He’s older and he must be luckier.”

Hearing that, Julian gave Margaret a meaningful look.

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