Chapter 523 High Stakes

The seller, Ezekiel Layes, had been at the table for over ten minutes and had already won one million dollars in chips. He was feeling ecstatic. However, in the very next round, he lost it all. Unwilling to accept defeat, he exchanged more cash for chips and kept playing. "Ezekiel, are you going to keep going? Maybe call it a day. You've lost so much already," one of the players at the table said with a laugh. "What's the big deal? Winning and losing are part of the game. Totally normal!" Ezekiel replied, trying to appear calm, though his eyes betrayed his frustration. He refused to believe he couldn't win it back. Blinded by desperation, Ezekiel kept losing more and more. His eyes reddened with fury. "Keep going!" he shouted. "Ezekiel, I already lent you one million dollars in chips, and it's all gone? You should pay me back first," the man beside him, Adrian Parkinson, reminded him. Only then did Ezekiel snap to reality. His face was drained of color. He had spent all his cash