The Gamble Kristen Ashley Novels & Stories

Jamie hurried into the club and found George chatting with a few patrons of the club. "Georgie." Jamie exclaimed with urgency. George turned to his favorite employee and noticed the slight fear in her eyes. "What is it?" George asked Jamie, while standing up and pulling her away from the group, and silently excusing himself. "It's Miranda, he's got her." Jamie announced. "Who?" George wondered. "Who else?" Jamie snapped, then lowered her voice while drawing closer to George, then revealing, "Asher."

The hall shimmered with golden chandeliers and the chatter of high-ranking officials. Their laughter and celebratory toasts filled the air, drowning out the memories of blood and battle. I stood at the entrance, cradling my swollen belly, my eyes hollow and dark. A blood-stained necklace dangled from my hand, the cold metal biting into my palm. “I am the Gamma’s daughter,” I whispered, my voice barely audible over the clinking of glasses. My shaky body moved forward, through the crowd, the cold path beneath my feet leading me to the man at the center, laughing with pride and ego.

she smiled at me while I glance down at her exposed cleavages "I caught you in your own game, you've finally admitted to stealing 400 million dollars from me?" "No that's not true when did I say that?" she laughed and I raised my glass up in the air "I won't find any offence in your words" I exclaimed, drinking the wine "I want your wine" Ashley said suddenly and I pushed my glass towards her but then she pushed it back to me. "You said you want my wine" I repeated "Yeah I do want your wine but not from your glass but your lips" her voice trailed off and I glanced up at her sharply as our eyes locked, obviously suprised at her words.

Fortunately, it wasn't live, or there would have been a disaster. After Ashley finished everything, she walked over to Grace. "You can buy things from Astana with money. We got that overnight." Grace remained expressionless. She had no intention of destroying a woman's dignity, which was the most precious thing to her, but Celia had gone too far. Grace no longer needed to tolerate her. "You can handle the rest." Ashley went over to the sweaty Lukas. After all, she was famous among the managers. She handed him a cigarette.

The fire isn’t exposing my truth. It’s answering it. Gasps echo. Someone stumbles back. Even Damien straightens sharply, eyes narrowing. Riven’s voice is choked. “Aria…?” Shadow gathers around my wrist like a vine made of smoke. It spirals upward, weaving into the flames until they no longer look like fire at all—they look like a crown. A crown made for me. The chamber shakes. Rhys shouts in panic, “This isn’t possible! Blood Flames burn the unworthy—they don’t—”

He placed his gun under my stepfather’s chin so he could look at him dead in the eye. “Tell me how this works again? You borrow money way beyond your means, don’t do shit to invest it or multiply it to ensure timely repayment. Instead, you get drunk out of your mind every single day and lose the rest of the money through gambling and you expect your daughters to settle it for you? I would have at least respected you a little if you spent the money on your family and provided them with a better place to live than this trash house.” Asher said as he looked at my stepfather in utter disgust.

I watched as he used those flames to reclaim the docks, lighting up the night, smiling as he said, "Once I've secured my position, I'll marry you in grand style." I thought we would last a lifetime. I never imagined our love would crumble under a few careless lies from Lina. Lina had said, "She's a merchant's daughter. What could she want besides money?" Yet, she never knew that last year, when the Valentino Family faced a financial collapse, it was I who transferred 30 million through anonymous accounts to help them survive. And just last month, when a rival family sent assassins, it was I who had my bodyguard take a bullet for him…

" Sean said histerically. Everyone tries to think of a way still looking at the screen. When the culprit finally shows his face on the camera. " good afternoon, are you happy to see me? You have been searching for me right? Here I am! Haha, but I guess you have to find me first hahaha" the dome was filled with his creepy laugh. " and look, I have here the most famous and the talked of the town! The very own Ashley Gray Hansons. The first female gamer in the E-sports industry." Ashley looked regaining her consciousness and tries to tilt when her head hurt feeling like she has been hit a million times. " oh, lucky! She's finally wake up!"

*** ~~Ashley~~ *** I will my heart not to shake but it won’t stop. I thought we had it all figured out. That Rebecca would get what she wants, put Soren under fire, make him unfit to be an heir while Cameron steps up. And me? I’d get all the money. A million dollars, that’s what she had promised me. It’s big enough to run off with June and go start life somewhere else with Jade, the man I love. She had strategically planned it all and I just had to go with the flow.

Ash questioned himself and Hamish couldn’t give him a right answer, he instantly fell quiet after seeing Livey hurt. Livey stood amongst the crowd trying so hard to hold her tears, it was too much for her to see Gabrielle take a position that was supposed to be hers, she could clearly see her hands wrapped with his as she smiled with a wide grin on her face. Livey was shattered and broken, all her dreams and fantasies were wasted. She could remember the promise he made to her, it was all a lie, it was damn fucking lie, Ash had played her and broken her badly, her legs went numb and she could barely stand, she held unto Mel who was standing close to her for support.