Chapter 14: The Rude Shock

He settled in the table hosting the six nerds, Diana hesitated, he reached out for her arm, and pulled her towards a chair.

Their arrival alerted the nerds, playing the games, they gave Regan an askance look “I want to play, here is my bet” he said, calmly, a great happiness, was rearing inside him.

The man in charge was on suit, he passed a booklet and a pen to him, to write down his riddles, and answers, Regan bent his head penned down quickly.

He was very fast in doing so, he returned the booklet, to the surprise of the man. His action raised eyebrows, the man in charge frowned, thinking he was a joker, but when he cross-checked it, truly an expert, he admitted.

He tore the question part and wanted to return to Regan, but he waved if off, “you don't have to worry about that, I am perfectly fine” he said.

The nerds around the table sneered inwardly, in their minds, he became a target.

They all placed their bet on the table, the money, was counted, and it amounted to a million dollars, Regan's eyes sparkled.

One of the nerds threw a riddle, Regan hearing it chuckled “the sky is blue….” he answered it correctly.

And gathered all the dollar bucks on the table to his side, the people on the table became suspicious, they stared at the man in charge.

But they know him as a noble man, and someone not to ruffle with, so they returned their suspicious naturally died off.

Another nerd dropped a riddle, Regan answered it swiftly, and he was awarded, he gathered all the dollar bucks on the table, and it started forming a little mount.

Another riddle was dropped by another nerd, and he answered it correctly, their faces were ashen, and they are all loosing a lot of money.

“Is your turn” Regan pointed to one of the nerds, he reluctantly dropped his riddle, and Regan answered it swiftly, Diana sensing the tension, grabbed Regan's arm, she winked at him to lose at least.

He sighed heavily, the last nerd dropped his riddle, Regan didn't answer, others tried but couldn't get it correctly.

He took the stake as wins, and breathed a sigh of relief, after a streak of looses, the nerds all turned to Regan with agitation, waiting for him to drop his riddle.

“What is stronger than a lion, and what is sweeter than honey?” he repeated a biblical riddle, the nerds hearing him say it.

They burst out laughing loudly, even Diana blushed in embarrassment, she wasn't expecting Regan to uplift that lines.

When the laughter died down, the nerd's faces became serious, as the time ticks, they became worried, tension started rising, as seconds gone back, and they weren't able to remember.

Their faces became red, and the urge to vomit blood heightened, as the time encroaches.

“Time up” the organizer announced, their faces were all ashen, Regan eyes lit up, and he gathered the money on the table for himself.

The nerds began counting their loses “ha, I will go get a drink” one of them said, and calmly excused himself, walking away.

Another one of them excused himself, “I have to use the restroom” he told everyone and strode away casually.

One after another, they gave flimsy excuse, Regan watch with disappointment, the last person who stood up, was the one who Regan allowed to win.

He smiled awkwardly, “my wife is calling me” he lied flatly.

Regan groaned “you are not married, hey, don't do this, I allowed you to win” Regan pleaded.

The man's eyes bulged in his sockets, “go to hell” he cursed Regan in his head, and walked away briskly before he will be enticed.

Regan stared at his wins, and a broad smile appeared on his face “not bad, not bad” he brought out a briefcase from pocket dimension, and stuffed in the dollar wads with a big smile.

Diana sighed heavily, “what are you doing with all this money? We don't need them” he told Regan, Regan stared at the wads of cash, and nodded.

“We don't need it, we will visit an orphanage home, and donate this” he suggested, she nodded, and beamed.

The man in charge of the game almost had the urge of vomiting blood after hearing their conversation, two pairs of eyes watched in the dark.

Regan and Diana left the clubhouse, when they reached the exit, he heard footfalls coming to their direction.

He grabbed Diana to himself, and the two of them became invincible, two men, talking to each other, were coming towards their direction.

Diana turned towards the direction, and saw the most popular journalist was the one coming towards their direction, she thanked him inwardly.

She turned towards his direction, his soft breath brushed her forehead, she suddenly felt sweet heat, circulating round her body, she stared at his face, their faces were inches apart.

Her ears and cheeks glowed red, Regan coughed awkwardly, he was beginning to get erection “sorry” he apologized and quickly look away.

He quickly headed towards the door, forgetting all by Diana, Diana was still hallucinating about the moment.

“Wait for me” she called out to him, and quickly jogged towards him, the both of them walked out of the clubhouse exit door.

The bouncers at the door, saw them, they seem to took interest in them, the moment they went some meters away from them.

“That is surely them!” one of the bouncers exclaimed loudly, the two of them rolled back their sleeves, with hostile facial expression.

They walked towards Diana and Regan with fast pace “Oh- no, trouble” Regan said, and grabbed Diana's hand and ran away.

The bouncers, the zeal to get their hands on him, weaned them from commonsense, they chased after the two of them.

Regan was laughing heartily, while they were being pursued, “catch those thieves!” the bouncers shouted at a passer-by.

A lady peeped from her window, “call the cops if they are thieves, nuisance!”