Chapter 17
Lira pushed open the private room door, and a lively scene greeted her. Besides Xander and Octavio, there were other friends who often played together, and two card tables were set up.
Everyone saw her, no surprise. Everyone saw Brent, no surprise. The news that the prince was going to retire had spread in a small circle, so it was not surprising to see him.
It’s strange, how did they come together?
Lira didn’t really want Xander to know that she’s living with Brent now, so she explained, “I just happened to run into Brent at the door.” Everyone suddenly realized, calling out to her one by one. There was someone called Lira, Octavio called her princess. He said she was beautiful like the mermaid princess in fairy tales, and her name even had the word “fish” in it, so he liked to call her princess from time to time. Lira also greeted each one by one, “Uncle Xander, Octavio..”
Everyone hasn’t heard her call Xander Uncle Xander” for a long time, jokingly saying “You’re calling me so formally, do you want something From Uncle Xander?”
Lira smiled and didn’t say anything. She was about to sit next to Xander, Brent walked over, and the person next to Xander immediately stood up and said, “Brent, you sit.
Brent sat do
down unceremoniously.
Xander also pointed to the empty chair next to him and said, “Lira, sit here.”
Lira was about to sit down when Brent suddenly stopped her and said. “You can’t sit here.”
Lira: “What?
She looked at him in confusion.
Brent: “I was afraid you would see my cards and tell Uncle Xander.”
Lira:
Does she look like a spy?
Brent felt like she was leaning her head to the other side, “Sit here”
Octavio was sitting here, he ga
e gave a glance to the woman next to him, and she smartly made way.
“Come on, princess, sit here and cast some spells on me. I’ve lost several games in a row,” Octavio warmly invited.
Lira didn’t really care where she sat, but she usually sat next to Xander out of habit. She would never miss a chance to get close to Xander, but now she intentionally kept her distance, smiling as she walked over and sat between Brent and Octavio.
Xander saw her abnormality and didn’t say anything
Everyone noticed that Lira was different now. She seemed to have lost some of her previous arrogance and gained a bit more grace and tranquility.
Looks better now.
It’s not about appearance, ‘it’s about personality.
The game restaned, Quavio was arranging the cards and talking at the same time, “Lira, you can’t look at my cards and tell Brent.”
Lira: How about I leave?”
Brent gave him a look and said, “Don’t think too highly of yourself.”
The implication is, I don’t need help when playing cards with you Oktavio was no
was not convinced, Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Brent: “Hmm.”
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Among the three of them, he was the one who didn’t play cards often in the army, but he was also the best at it. Octavio never won, and Xander could hold his own.
Octavio remembered this and asked her allies, “Do you want to form an alliance?”
Xander: “You wanted to die, don’t drag me into it”
The other person also waved his hands repeatedly. The prince sat down opposite him, and he made up his mind to swim
Octavio couldn’t rally any allies, so he had to go it alone. After a few rounds, he realized that Brent was targeting someone else.
Kander hasn’t touched a card in three rounds already.
“Did I hire you? Xander also noticed, and asked Brent with a chuckle.
Brent just touched Xander’s card and casually threw one out, “Coincidence.”
Coincidentally, in the first two rounds, Lira could see clearly. He clearly heard Hu, but still insisted on picking an extra card. Even after winning with Hu, she had to block Xander from drawing a tile.
Lira glanced slightly, everything was fine on the way, but as soon as she entered, the scion’s mood changed. His temper was really unpredictable. She thought she just rolled her eyes a little, Octavio didn’t even see it, but Brent caught it and asked her, “What are you rolling your eyes at?” Lira,:
“I rolled my eyes
“Yeah?” Brent seemed unsure, I thought you had a problem with me”
Lira was muttering about him, not without reason, so she tried to please him with a smile, “How could it be? Brent is really nice to me; I can’t thank him enough.”
Octavio was curious, “Go on, tell me more.”
Just borrowed 650,000 from her.
But she didn’t want Xander to know about it, otherwise Xander would definitely pay for her.
“Octavio was nice to me, and my brothers were all nice to me too, I remember that.” Lira joked.
Brent sneered, “Your brother has a lot
Lira:
I don’t like to hear nonsense.
It was really hard to take care of.
“What did you do to upset her? She’s the hardest to comfort when she cries,” Xander spoke up, “I don’t know what I did wrong. I admit defeat in this game and apologize to you.”
Brent: “Don’t, the little princess’s eyeballs are going to roll out in a minute.”
Lira:
She shouldn’t have sat here.
“I’m going to get a drink.” Lira couldn’t handle the prince’s bad mood anymore, so she got up and left. Octavio understood that Brent cutting Xander’s card was him settling the score for not protecting Lira properly.
As for Lira, she made it clear to Brent as soon as she walked in the door, afraid that Xander would be
upset
if he knew t
they were living together.
