The Mysterious Billionaire

Chapter 222

Hardy's face turned stiff. He was annoyed when the woman that he liked was going to kiss another man.

He couldn't just sit by and do nothing. So he stopped her, "It's just a game, why take it so seriously?"

Hardy spoke up for Paige, which made Joseph's expression turn colder. James observed Joseph's expression and spoke up casually.

"Even though this is just a game, there are rules to follow, isn't that right?" After hearing what James said, Hardy could not say anything more.

Abbie was murmuring, "Just kiss him. He didn't state which part of the body anyway, so just kiss his head."

"That won't do. Kissing hair doesn't count," Michael immediately objected.

"Are you sure you want to go against me? Brother-in-law?" Abbie gritted her teeth.

Michael stopped his speech immediately when she addressed him that way. James then said, "Kissing his hair or on the back of the hand won't do. You'll have to kiss his lips. Go on, everyone is waiting."

The hostesses started cheering and causing a commotion.

Joseph just sat there expressionlessly while Paige stood up abruptly and walked to him.

Seeing her stood up and walked over, Joseph still sat there with a cold expression.

At this moment, Aiden and Michael kept gearing things up.

"Joseph, why are you sitting there by yourself? A beauty is going to give you a kiss soon, you should get up and prepare for it."

"That's right, be a little more enthusiastic. What's with that cold face?"

Joseph threw away the cigarette butt that he was holding, then stood up. Everyone thought that he was going to kiss her as he walked towards her.

However, once he reached her, he stepped aside and said, "Excuse me, I need to go to the washroom."

The siblings from the Anthony family breathed a sigh of relief when Joseph walked past Paige. However, Paige was left standing there awkwardly. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to escape immediately.

Joseph was truly heartless.

He didn't even leave her an ounce of dignity. Since he didn't let her kiss him, was he afraid that Paisley would get jealous?

He embarrassed Paige just for the sake of Paisley. Paige felt ashamed and infuriated.

However, Abbie could understand how upset she must be feeling.

She immediately pulled Paige to the back of her seat. "Since it's Joseph's problem, it has nothing to do with Paige, right? Let's play something else, this is boring!"

Paige was pulled back to the sofa.

Everyone did not insist on playing this game, so Aiden came up with another idea.

"Let's play cards today! Mr. Anthony, Mr. Field, Michael, the four of us can play mahjong. No one objects, right?"

"I'm not good at playing mahjong. How about I play for a while and give the seat to Joseph afterward?" James said.

"Sure, no problem." No one objected to it, so they began playing.

Hearing that James was playing for Joseph, Paisley sat next to James.

The four of them began playing and put their chips on the table.

Paige was pulled by Abbie to sit on the sofa. However, she was still shaking in anger.

Abbie poured a glass of beer for Paige and said quietly, "Don't be angry. He did it on purpose. If you get angry, it will mean that he succeeded."

When Abbie was persuading her, Paige gulped down several glasses of beer to suppress her anger.

After a while, Joseph returned as if nothing happened. James stood up and said when he saw Joseph's return, "Joseph, over here!"

He took James's seat without hesitation and started playing.

Both Paisley and Hardy glanced at James.

Why did the CEO of Wolf Group act so differently towards Joseph?

Hardy couldn't understand, so he took another look at Joseph, who was smiling proudly.

He pushed all his chips forward and said, "All in!"

"Are you risking your life? Take it easy, Joseph." Aiden said while puffing out smoke.

"Mr. Anthony didn't object to that, so what are you objecting about? Right, Mr. Anthony?" Joseph raised his eyebrows and smiled at Hardy.

Hardy then cracked a smile. "Since you are keen, I will accompany you till the end of the game."

"Well, we'll have to follow suit." Aiden and Michael pushed their chips forward too.

Joseph held a cigarette between his lips and said with a faint smile, "Let's make this clear. The one who loses later cannot go back on his word."

"Nah... Who would go back on his word," Aiden retorted.

"You know who you are. Anyway, I'll make this clear. If any of you go back on you word or don't pay up truthfully, I won't let you off."

"You make it sound like you will win for sure." Michael sneered.

Joseph tilted his head and looked at Paisley, "I'm going to smoke a cigarette first. Miss Anthony, do you mind helping me sort out my tiles?"

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Paisley did not know how to play mahjong, so she helped him to sort them out neatly.

After he finished his cigarette, he took over.

After sorting out the tiles, he smiled proudly.

"Are you really that lucky? Why are you smiling like that?" said Aiden.

"I'll have money in my account later," Joseph smiled and said.

"I don't believe it," Michael snorted.

As they started, Joseph was smiling all the while and looked like he was in a great mood.

Paige felt sorrowful when she saw Joseph was chatting cheerfully with the beauty sitting next to him.

She grabbed the bottle in front of her and poured herself a glass of beer. But Joseph and Paisley's

happy laughter rang in her ears.

After that glass, Aiden exclaimed, "Didn't they say that those who succeed in love always fail in gambling? Why are you winning again! This is unfair."

All the chips on the table were placed in front of Joseph. He was shuffling the tiles expertly and the hostesses were looking at him in awe. Upon seeing that, they discussed it softly.

"Mr. Dawson is so handsome!"

"Everything he does is so attractive."

"Yes, don't you think Ms. Anthony and him are a perfect match? He's handsome and she's such a beauty, they are a match made in heaven."

Paige couldn't stand hearing that, so she got up and walked out of the room.

She stayed outside for a long time before entering the room again. All the chips were placed in front of Joseph soon. Hence, Aiden and Michael were cursing out at him.

Although Hardy did not speak, the look on his face was somber.

There was already not enough space for Joseph to place his chips. So Paisley gathered a bunch and put it aside. Abbie spoke to Paige softly when she walked in.

"Joseph is on a roll today that he won the game from the start till the end, while the others lost a lot of money. Could he be cheating?" Abbie asked softly.