The Love Of Money - Episode 145
29-07-25 (16:35)
We spent the next three hours in the casino. I had only
been to one a handful of times, so while I had a
cursory familiarity with the games, I needed a bit of a
learning curve. Erin picked up some chips and I handed
them to anyone willing; Chloe abstained, saying she
wasn't here to gamble. Erin said she might, but that she
would lose her own money, saying very loudly that she
didn't want to feel obligated to her boss in any way
with the existing power Imbalance. She stated it so
clearly in front of Ashlee that it was clear she was
being obnoxious, but Ashlee seemed rather pleased
with Erin's decision. The next moment Ashlee's back
was tumed, however, Erin winked at me and ran the
tip of her tongue across her bottom lip, teasing me.
Ashlee and Shea didn't hesitate to take me up on my
offer to share the wealth; Ashlee took seventy
thousand dollars in chips, and Shea took a modest forty.
Then we started at the craps table, which I never really
got the grasp of and found relatively boring: Shea killed
it there though, raking in an extra ten thousand before
we moved on. We went through the rounds of all the
basic table games. At the craps table, Ashlee clung to
my side and insisted on blowing on the dice every time,
but at the roulette table, she and Erin briefly forgot
about their differences as both of them seemed to do
relatively well there. I left them to it with Ashlee's
blessing and Shea, Chloe, and I found the card games. I
was most familiar with blackjack, but I was pleasantly
surprised to learn that Shea knew a lot more than I did
about the game, and she spent the half hour teaching
me some of the finer points of the game. To any
outsider, Chloe seemed like a beautiful, content hanger-
on, touching my shoulder often, laughing at the jokes of
some of the other onlookers, and delightfully engaging
in conversation like any professional courtesan. I'd
never seen this side of Chloe, and I was
enjoying it.
As a relatively young, decently handsome guy with a
lot of money I garnered a lot of attention at the
blackjack table. I'm sure having two gorgeous women
hanging on my arm helped. Even the dealer, a pretty
woman probably around twenty-three with striking red
hair and hazel eyes, seemed to be watching me with a
keen eye, smiling at me, batting her lashes, and biting
her lip. It felt like she was flirting with me more than
any of the other players, though I couldn't be
completely sure.
Once, during a close high-stakes round, Chloe kissed
me on the cheek for good luck, quickly smearing away
the lipstick she left behind. Then Shea placed her fingers
on my jaw, pulled me toward her, and gave me a
much more intense lip lock that lasted a full three
seconds. There was no tongue, but it was enough to
heat my blood, especially considering her nude body
had been on top of mine a few short hours ago. The
kiss was met with cheers and applause before the
round resolved and it was revealed that I'd lost.
Everyone sympathized with me and one older
gentleman said that if I was going home with those
two, it didn't matter how much money I lost, I was still
winning.
Soon after, Ashlee found us, and being the classy lady
Shea was, she made room for the paralegal to sit
beside me. Ashlee gave her a warm thank you and
then gave me another kiss, which elicited impressed
sounds from some of the people who had witnessed
the kiss Shea and I shared.
We spent another fifteen minutes at the blackjack table
before deciding to go somewhere' else. By this point,
the only one who was up was Shea, who had amassed
an extra fourteen thousand dollars. Ashlee had lost
about three-quarters of what I'd given her, and Erin had
lost all her chips completely and graciously accepted a
few of mine when Ashlee wasn't looking, promising to
pay me back later.
We finally found ourselves at the poker table, which I
had been excited to try. Shea, Ashlee, and I sat at the
table with a handful of others while Erin took off to try
to recover some of her winnings. John stood vigilant
behind me, so I insisted that Chloe go with Erin and at
least try to enjoy herself a little. She reluctantly agreed.
After the second hand, I received a text from Emily that
she and Natashya would meet us at the club we
agreed on, and that I would see them there. Since we
had plans to meet there in thirty minutes anyway, I
texted them back telling her we would see them soon.
By the time we left the casino floor, I had a strong buzz
going on, I was three hundred twenty-three thousand
dollars poorer, and feeling really good about my
situation. There's something empowering about being
able to blow six digits worth of money at a high-end
casino while being escorted around by four beautiful
women. To top it all off, John handed me a slip of paper
after leaving the poker table that had 'Sara' and a
phone number scrawled across it in loopy blue ink. My
mind was working a little slower than normal, so it
took a moment to realize that Kylle had been the name
of the blackjack dealer. Proud of my little trophy, I
slipped it into my pocket before Ashlee could notice. Don't forget to leave a Comment 
