Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Chapter 190 Consider This My Repayment

Elyse and her new friends settled into the private room and placed their orders, eagerly awaiting their meals.

Bart ordered a bottle of wine and, after pouring himself a glass, looked around the table. "Don't you want to try it? Am I drinking alone?"

Elyse responded, "We don't drink. Go ahead by yourself."

As Bart nibbled on an appetizer, he muttered, "I can't really speak my mind without a drink. I've hardly ever lost in a competition."

Grace snorted. "That's true for all of us. Otherwise, why would we be here tonight?" Her remark cast a strange silence over the group.

Elyse chewed thoughtfully on some fruit, her mind wandering back to the few formal competitions she had participated in. Glenda had always instructed her to lose to Mabel, not wanting her to

outshine publicly.

Consequently, her experience was limited, which explained why she was so tense and made a mistake in her match against Vicky.

Reflecting on this, she sighed deeply, and soon, the others followed suit.

their talent and pride, they bore the weight of recent defeats collectively. A somber atmosphere enveloped them as

Darren had a resilient attitude. Due to his past experiences with mistakes during competitions, he

he raised a glass of soft drink. "We can learn from our < failures. Cheer up. We will win

in agreement. They were about to toast

Lloyd, we need to talk privately," Vicky stated bluntly, her

puzzled. "What do we need to talk

are you here? Who tipped you off about our presence

eyes turned to

at Elyse, seemingly indifferent to

furrowed her brow. "I don't need to talk to you in private. Whatever

tone arrogant. "Fine. I was trying to be considerate of

up with them to isolate

have

"You hate me because I've won against you,

long as you're willing to share your experiences with failure," she replied, stressing "experiences with failure" pointedly. She then turned to Rebekah. "I refused to let you join our dinner, so you decided to sow discord among us. Are you stupid, Rebekah Bentley? You might offend me, but can you afford to offend everyone else here?" Rebekah, anticipating a retort from Elyse, rolled her eyes. "Don't try

Rebekah. "But we won't include