Chapter 26 What’s the Bet?

Phantom led Monster and Nicole to take

a bow after the performance. Nicole

smiled brightly and got off the stage with

poise.

‘Luckily, I still remember the basics! This

performance is still quite satisfactory.‘

Nicole thought.

Phantom and Monster followed Nicole

off the stage.

Monster went over and

patted her shoulder. “Lil Nicole, why don’t

you just join our band? We’re willing to

kick Demon out for you!”

Nicole lowered her head and laughed. “If

Demon hears this, he’d probably get up

from his hospital bed right now and fight

you!’

Monster was in great spirits. “l’m so

thrilled to perform with you today. You’re

the composer of this song anyway, so

except for Demon, only you can perform s

o flawlessly with us. Lil Nicole, you seem

just like you were three years ago!”

Nicole felt a trace of bitterness in her

heart.

She seemed to have missed out on

an inordinate amount of life’s excitement i

n these three years. Fortunately, it was

still not too late to get back on track.

Monster refused to give up and kept

persuading Nicole to join their band. “Lil

Nicole, if you join us, we’ll surely shock

the music world!”

Nicole was just about to reject his offer

when Julie walked over with a smile.

“Forget about it, you two…Nikki’s gonna

start her career all over again!’

As soon as Julie pulled Nicole out from

backstage, Yvette gave her a bear hug. ‘

Nikki baby, that was fantastic! You’re my

goddess! Do you know how excited

everyone was? Your violin is simply

amazing!”

Nicole helplessly pried Yvette off of her

body. lt was all thanks to Ian’s

arrangement that Nicole got to have such

a memorable night.

The three ladies thought that Eric and

Keith should have already left, so they

went back up to the second floor.

Unexpectedly, Eric and Keith were sitting

next to the Carter brothers as they stared

at Nicole weirdly the moment she

showed up.

Yvette snorted in dissatisfaction and

pulled Nicole to sit by Ian. “lan, let’s play

something. lt’s boring having to sit with

such eyesores.”

lan shrugged his shoulders. “Sure, the

night’s still young!”

Everyone downstairs was shouting for

The Lunatics to have an encore.

“I didn’t think that Nicole could play the

violin. Why didn’t I hear about it before?”

Keith could not help his curiosity. He was

genuinely shocked.

The moment Nicole went on stage, she

was so cool and confident like a queen

that was in control of the whole audience

“Why should we tell you? Who the hell are

you even?” Yvette scowled at him and

retorted.

Keith felt attacked, but he indifferently

shrugged his shoulders. “Didn’t you say

that you wanted to play something? How

about poker dice?“

“Who wants lo play with you’”” Yvette

scoffed and was holding a grudge

against them for Nicole.

‘Stupid bastard!’

Eric Ferguson, who had not spoken.

suddenly said in a deep voice, “Nicole, are

you afraid to playjust one game with us°”

Since Nicole came upstairs, Eric’s eyes

had not moved away from her.

Nicole swirled the wine glass in her hand and

looked down seemingly disinterested and

treated them as if they were invisible.

Eric suppressed his shock. The Nicole

sitting in front of him seemed familiar yet

strange to him. At that moment, the

emotions surging in his heart were

incomparably complicated.

When Nicole was named, she

nonchalantly lifted her head and swept a

glance at Eric with a faint smile on her

face. “What should I be afraid of?”

Although Nicole felt that Eric’s words

were unexpected, she was not afraid of

him. They were like strangers now, so

playing a gambling game was not a big

deal.

Yvette objected discontentedly. ”Nikki,

why do you wanna play with him? He’s

clearly just trying to provoke you!”

Julie pulled Yvette aside and looked at

the ex-couple. “Don’t worry, Nikki knows

what she’s doing.“ ~

Eric Ferguson grew up as a member of

the gentry, so taking part in these social

events was like second nature to him.

Poker dice was the easiest game and a

sure win for Eric. Keith, who was sitting o

n the side, could not hide his smug smile.

The waiter set the table with two players

against each other. Nicole did not make a

move. Instead, she looked down and said,

“What’s the bet?”