All Chapters of My Online Boyfriend Bet Me Away, I Dumped Him: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

I stared at the announcement on the screen."Luca De Santis has won a 200-pound girlfriend."It was followed by a string of champagne emojis."Nice one, Adrian. You got rid of that pig easy.""Luca, you have to do the couples' challenges with her tomorrow. Aren't you going to say something?"Luca never replied. Instead, an old photo popped up in the chat.It was a picture of me at a family dinner party in high school.The oversized gown was stretched out of shape, and I looked like a brown bear.And the one who'd posted it was Adrian.He'd been on the phone explaining himself to me only seconds earlier."Babe, it's just a bet."Don't worry. Luca's not interested in you. There's no way he'll make you do the couples' challenges with him."Once the photo appeared, the mockery got worse."Will there be a medical team on site? Just in case Luca breaks a bone.""Why not just send her to the butcher? Might even turn a profit."Adrian sent a laughing emoji, then wrote, "Okay, okay. She's sensi

Adrian and I met on an underground gaming platform.Back then, I was the fat girl no one in Manhattan society wanted to be around.Girls would push me into the pool on purpose, and boys would yell "sow" when they walked past me.At a dinner party once, I worked up the courage to ask the boy I'd had a crush on for ages to dance, but he didn't even look at me."I don't dance with pigs."The people around him doubled over laughing.That night, I logged in to the game, and that was when Adrian sent me a team invite.He never asked about my family, and he didn't care what I looked like in real life.After we won a tough match together for the first time, he told me, "Selena, you're the smartest girl I've ever met."From then on, we were regular partners.Whenever someone cursed at me in public chat, he'd fire back, "If you've got something to prove, show us your stats. Leave her alone."Once, I asked him if he'd be disappointed if he ever found out I was nothing like he'd imagined.He barel

When the ballroom doors opened, the countdown on the wall had just ended."Zero."The noisy ballroom went silent.Dozens of young heirs turned toward the door.A minute ago they'd been talking about the biggest joke of the night.The woman whose photo alone made them sick, yet who was supposed to attend a charity gala hosted by New York's top families.Some of them had even picked up their phones, ready to film me making a fool of myself when I walked in.But the next second, everyone froze.Because the woman in the doorway was nothing like the 200-pound she-bear they'd heard about.The young man closest to the door stared for a few seconds before asking, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"The guy next to him recovered quickly."Are you an invited guest? Doesn't matter if you're not. You're welcome at this gala anytime."He was polite, but he couldn't hide how dazzled he was.Within seconds, the same people who'd been mocking me had done a complete one-eighty.Someone pulled out a c

It was a simple gesture, but it made the whole ballroom go quiet again.Everyone knew the three couples' challenges were next.If I'd looked like the 200-pound girl in the photo, they'd have had their jokes ready.But now, no one dared say a word.Because the woman standing in front of Luca was me, and all of New York's upper crust was starting to see me in a new light.The man keeping score cleared his throat and checked the list in his hand."First task, the linked-arm toast."The moment he said it, a waiter brought over two glasses of champagne.Some people instinctively looked at Luca.They'd assumed someone of Luca's standing would just go through the motions, bet or no bet.But the next second, Luca took the glass without the slightest hesitation.He turned to me."Is this okay?"I looked at him and nodded.Luca took my wrist and handed me the other glass.Our arms linked together.The champagne glasses caught the light of the crystal chandelier.The task was supposed to be a jok

The smile vanished from Adrian's face."Luca, you're not really taking this bet seriously, are you?"Selena and I have been together for a year. This is between us."Luca's expression was calm."Does knowing her for a long time give you the right to use her as a gambling chip?"Adrian gritted his teeth, then turned to me."Selena, I admit tonight went a little too far, but I never actually wanted to break up."It was just a game. Why do you have to make such a big deal out of it?"I glanced down at the red marks he'd left on my wrist, and a sudden wave of exhaustion washed over me.He still had no idea what he'd actually done wrong.He didn't care that I'd been humiliated in public. He only cared about saving face.If I still looked like the girl in that photo, would he be trying to explain himself?No.I said coldly, "Weren't you the one who said a bet's a bet? Now you can't take it?"Adrian finally snapped."It was a joke!""But I'm not a joke."I said slowly, "Adrian, we're done."W