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.

and pride, they bore the weight of recent defeats

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

of soft drink. "We can learn from our < failures. Cheer up. We will win next

nodded, raising her glass in agreement. They were about to

need to talk privately," Vicky stated bluntly,

puzzled. "What do we need to talk

here? Who tipped you off about

turned

her eyebrows at Elyse, seemingly indifferent to the accusatory stares. "This is what you get for rejecting

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

be considerate of your feelings. "Don't

"Why have you teamed up with them to isolate me? Is it just because I've won

have I ever isolated

Vicky said aggressively. "You hate me because I've won against you, so you invited everyone else to

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 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

to Rebekah.