Ex-husband’s Regret by Lean

After the dinner party, several more of Frank's friends arrived for the second half of the evening. And there was an unexpected guest.

This was the first time I had seen Luke, the illegitimate son of the Smith family. He was dressed in a black suit and pushed open the door to the private room. Leaning against the door, his face, which bore a slight resemblance to Frank's, wore a sinister expression. He tapped his fingers on the door.

Frank's expression remained unchanged, as if he was completely unaware of the person's presence. He casually played a card. "Four of spades."

"Six of diamonds," said Zachary.

"Looks like I win again," said Frank with a satisfied look on his face.

"Damn, are you cheating or what?" exclaimed Charlie.

The remaining two players were speechless.

They were playing high stakes, and Frank ended up with a seven-figure win.

Zachary chuckled. "Looks like your girlfriend is bringing you good luck."

was contradicted by the smile in his

while shuffling the cards, complained, "Charlotte, can you believe this? Stealing you is one thing, but now he's stealing my money too." "Betting comes with the

away other people's

"So what?" Frank countered.

fine. Since this is the

generous. You clearly have the makings of someone who can achieve great things, unlike those pampered rich kids."

another knock on the door, this time with much more

smirked. "Such a lively gathering? Frank, why didn't you invite me for

and looked at me, sitting beside Frank. "Is this Miss Shaw, the eldest daughter of the Shaw family?

lifted his eyes, "Charlotte? Do you think you're worthy of calling

a bit

sat down. "We're all from the Smith family, we all

a glass of room-temperature juice, completely ignoring him. "There's a difference

still alive, whether you'll be coming back for

"What do you mean?"

resulting in a loss of over a billion and