The Wager Escalates
“A wager like this…” Ethan Cole said, shaking his head slowly, the ghost of a smile playing on his lips. “It’s completely skewed against me. It shows a lack of good faith, Logan.” He pushed back his chair, the wood scraping softly against the polished floor of the Bennett Family Estate living room. “Fine. Let's just forget about it.”
He stood up, intending to go upstairs to his tiny attic room, fully aware that his refusal would send Logan Bennett into a spiral of desperation.
Just as he reached the staircase, Logan, the Designer dress pants of his pajamas shimmering under the low light, grabbed his arm, his grip surprisingly strong. “No, wait! If you swear on your life that you’ll walk away from my sister, Chloe, if you lose… then I’ll raise the stakes. I’ll bet som
