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.

looked around, noticing the exchanged glances. Despite their talent and pride, they bore the weight of recent defeats collectively.

encouraged, "Cheer up, guys. We'll win in the future." Darren had a resilient attitude. Due to his

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

They were about to toast when

Lloyd, we need to talk privately," Vicky

looked puzzled. "What do

inquired, "Why are you here? Who

eyes turned

eyebrows at Elyse, seemingly indifferent to the accusatory stares. "This is what

brow. "I don't need to talk to you in private. Whatever you have to say, you can say

to be considerate of your feelings. "Don't hold me

with them to isolate me? Is

responded, "When have I ever

called for this dinner and excluded me," Vicky said aggressively. "You hate me because I've won against you, so you invited everyone else to plot

might offend me, but can you afford to offend everyone else here?" Rebekah, anticipating a retort from Elyse, rolled her eyes. "Don't try to pin this on me. I overheard you plotting to turn everyone against Vicky and sabotage her future performances." Elyse scoffed. "You truly are malicious. You even want to sabotage her future performances." Darren, having grasped the situation, addressed Vicky, "If you're looking for the organizer of this dinner, talk to me. I arranged for it, and Bart reserved this table. Elyse was merely invited by us.

then turned to Rebekah. "But we