Chapter 226: An Unexpected Win

Thankfully, the people who'd joined the bet all had their pride-or maybe they just believed Nala wouldn't pick the same person twice for the same thing. One by one, they shifted their attention elsewhere and stopped crowding Lana Hayde, giving her room to breathe. "Looks like I underestimated this place," she thought. Frustration tightened in her chest. She'd jumped in on impulse, clearly misjudged the opposition, and dragged Paola into it. She remembered Paola saying there were bugs in the ballroom,...