A Film Queen

Chapter 357

Raiden stood to the side, observing how the female massage therapist he had brought in gradually morphed into a scene of envy and competition among palace concubines. He couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his lips and murmur, “Well, this … “

He couldn’t shake off the feeling that something was off.

Milly wasn’t totally lost in all the sentimentality; she still had her wits about her. She knew that to keep things smooth, she had to get Raiden and Nimbus on board in this indulging time, especially for Nimbus.

She figured she had to switch up Nimbus’ focus so he wouldn’t start nitpicking and potentially mess things up later. It just wasn’t going to be worth the hassle.

“Hey Nimbus, Raiden, get over here,” Milly called out, sounding bored. “The night’s dragging. Got any ideas for something entertaining?”

Nimbus scratched his head briefly, then offered, “What about some target practice? Do you want to give it a go, Master?”

Milly quickly dismissed the idea. “Nah, let’s not. What if the noise freaks Melanie and the rest out?”

She finally got them to stash their guns away. She was adamant about not letting them get their hands on them again!

Raiden had a bright idea. “Why not have fun and let these good-looking guys and girls show us some moves?”

But Milly wasn’t having any of it. “Nope, watching guys and girls dance together just doesn’t sit right with me!”

Watching others dance was one thing, but having people watch while also thinking thoughts?

That was a no-go. One idea after the other, nothing seemed to fit.

Raiden scratched his head, looking a bit puzzled. “Boss, we’re only here for a bit. This place isn’t exactly built to entertain. We’re still getting things set up.”

Milly was fidgeting with the sofa, thinking hard, then thought, “How about we spice things up with a dice game? Would you like to join in?”

and Nimbus looked at each other. “Is that all there

face hardened briefly as she took it

was sure these guys

a nerve, especially with all the

this slide, what wouldn’t she let slide?

not really that simple. No game’s fun without a little something on the line. Let’s make it interesting the

when he heard that. “Now you’re

remembered how he used to dominate at gambling when he was with the Ghost Sect, crushing it at dice, poker, and blackjack. But

sneak around Nimbus’s

him in the act, playing blackjack with Leon

the severity of his actions, committed to making things right. It took some time, but

practices. To secure his older brother Nimbus’ forgiveness, he was compelled to sign various declarations, affidavits, and letters

to learn that he could engage in dice games

a risk in letting Nimbus catch on to

back a grin, scrunched his forehead, and shot Nimbus a look like he was trying hard to make a point. He said, “Look, Nimbus, this is coming straight from the sect leader-it’s not like I wanna be doing this. We’ve

just raised an

can’t start making waves and get her thinking we’re not on board with the plan. That’d bum her out. Right now, we

Nimbus was silent.

would fall

in on the game, but now he used the sect leader as a

threw them a worried look, hoping they hadn’t picked up on anything amiss. She tapped the table with her gun, catching their attention, and said, “Okay, you two, got

dream of turning down the sect leader’s challenge!

face Nimbus, his eyes practically screaming, “Let’s do this!’ Oh

usual loud, fierce

of them, who seems to need to ask permission to play games, is actually the notorious Mr. Raiden

let out a

“Alright, let’s play together