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.

talent and pride, they bore the weight of

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

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

were

to talk privately," Vicky stated

"What do we need to talk

here? Who tipped you off about our

turned

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

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

"Fine. I was trying to be

table. "Why have you teamed up with them to isolate

responded, "When have I ever

this dinner and excluded me," Vicky said aggressively. "You hate me because I've won against you, so you invited

mind you joining us as 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 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,

to Rebekah. "But we