Their Bundle Of Joy novel Chapter 56

From the suburbs to the Grand Hyatt, it only took Aiden a bit over twenty minutes.

Elliot was waiting at the door for a long time.

Seeing Aiden get out of the car, he doggedly went to greet and pat him on the shoulder, but what he said made Aiden want to hack him to death, "Aiden, I think I sent the wrong photo. If I resent the video of Isabel getting kidnapped, I’ll bet you’d have got here ten minutes earlier."

Elliot was getting revenge for when Aiden forced him to announce his engagement with Lara.

For the land south of the city, everyone now knew that he had a fiancée.

He wanted to dump Lara, but if he broke up right after announcing their engagement, it felt too frivolous and irresponsible.

This was not the most pressing matter.

What mattered most was that his father, mother, and grandfather were now pushing him every day to introduce his wife to them.

Lara was not his wife, she’s just a woman whom Aiden forced onto him.

Elliot was saying something he shouldn’t say; Aiden kicked the car door shut, and greeted Elliot with a punch to the chest, "Don't want that land anymore?"

Elliot suddenly exploded, "Aiden, I went through the transfer process with the Bureau of Land Management; the land is mine already. Don't you going to plan to use a woman to seduce someone from the Bureau and change the contract, do you?"

When Elliot mentioned this, Aiden immediately thought of Amanda, but he had no feelings for her, "Where did the photo come from?"

"What photo?" Elliot played dumb.

"If you won’t say, that land will really change ownership." Aiden bypassed Elliot, acting as if he wasn’t there.

The second he saw Aiden’s back, he shuddered and said, "On the netnews; now the whole city is discussing your relationship with Isabel. Two days ago, you two were still love birds. Then, in the blink of an eye, you’ve each got different partners. This speed, tsk tsk."

As Aiden entered the VIP room, Samuel and Isaac were already inside.

When he saw another woman, Aiden’s frowning brows slightly loosened, "Hello, Ms. James."

For the first time, Aiden actively greeted a woman with whom he was not familiar at all.

To think even Elliot would end up where he was today.

He didn't expect that the woman he randomly paired with Elliot would actually develop feelings for Elliot.

"Mr. ... Mr. Howard, Elliot said that they were playing mahjong and missing a player, and that you weren’t here yet, so I’d substitute in your place." Lara got up and gave Aiden a seat.

Aiden sat down, "Continue."

He browsed his phone as he played, and the photos of Isabel kissing someone were all over the netnews.

He recognized the back of the man to be Owen from the villa.

As he continued to browse, his date with Amanda was also the talk of the city.

"Check the IP address of the original posts about Isabel and Amanda in the forum. Afterward, delete them directly." Aiden won the round, and quickly sent this text to Ewan.

Poor Ewan; it was already late at night, and he still had to work.

But whenever he thought of Aiden's dark, gloomy face, he didn't dare to leave it be.

After he finished texting, Aiden continued to play mahjong.

His face was still gloomy.

Samuel and Isaac glanced silently at Elliot from time to time. It was all Elliot’s fault. Ever since Aiden sat down, he won every hand.

The three of them became fixtures, nothing more than things to keep Aiden company.

With Aiden's winning streak, if they continued to play, the three of them won't even have pants left to lose.

Elliot was also anxious; Aiden was really angry.

He just didn’t know if Aiden was angry at him or Isabel.

If he was angry at Isabel, things might be easier to settle.

However, even if he was angry at her, he vented all anger out on this mahjong table. They were unlucky.

This was not good.

An idea came to mind; Elliot stood up and said, "Lara, I’m going to the bathroom, you can play for me."

"You... Your bets are too high, I... I can't afford it." Previously, they played small bets, and Elliot put a huge stack of money before her. When the stack was still there, she played assuredly.

However, the stack was nearly gone after a few rounds.

The three of them were not polite at all and chipped her stack away, one by one.

Now the stakes were even higher, and she would lose her starting bet if she played.

“Here, take it.” Elliot handed her all the cash he had on him, “If you lose, it’s my money; if you win, it’s your money”.

"Oh, that's great." Upon hearing this, Lara sat down contentedly, and started playing.

Soon, Elliot came back, but he let Lara continue playing.

There was finally a change of pace now.

It was Aiden and Lara who alternated winning, while Samuel and Isaac still lost. They have been losing nonstop.

Elliot knew that, even if Aiden was cruel, he wouldn't win against a girl every hand.

Samuel looked at Isaac, "Looks like the two of us need to start looking for a girlfriend."

If they kept playing, they would lose the most.

Lara was having a great time. She was going to make a fortune tonight.

She didn't know Aiden's feelings at this time; to think that she could sit in the Grand Hyatt Club and play mahjong with rich folks like this, she said happily, "Mr. Howard, where’s Isabel?"

"Cough..." Elliot gave a low cough, signaling Lara to change the subject quickly; otherwise, if she mentioned Isabel again, he was afraid Lara would start to lose too.

Lara was still deciding which mahjong tile to play; she wanted to keep each piece in hand. She thought that Elliot's cough was a signal to not play the tile she held, so she hurriedly withdrew it and threw out another tile, "Eight wan."

"I win." Aiden showed his hand and beat Lara for the first time.

"Elliot, it's all your fault," Lara turned around and gave Elliot a shove, "What did you cough for?"

He made her play the wrong card and lose the round.

Elliot was at a loss whether to cry or to laugh, "Lara, your cell rang just now, maybe it’s the company urging you to go pick up some guests?"

"No, just spam texts." Lara continued to play; she was a fool if she was left to go to work now.

There was a ton of money to be made playing mahjong with bosses. Right now, she seemed to have won more than 100,000 yuan.

She had never seen so much cash in her life. Every time she looked at it, she felt ecstatic.

"You had just drank so much tea, do you want to go..."

"I don’t need to go to the bathroom. I'm winning this hand, I can't leave now." She felt like she would lose her luck if she moved even an inch from her seat.

Lara was quite superstitious on lucky streaks.

Lara almost collapsed when she helped Aiden claiming a tile to match a triplet.

"Oh, how did that happen again, I'm so sad." Lara paid the money frustratingly, and Aiden took it without any remorse.

"This is the first time I’ve seen so much money in my life; Mr. Howard, are you going to win it all from me in the blink of an eye?" She looked at Samuel’s current situation, then looked at Isaac’s current situation. Lara then started to feel a sense of urgency.