Of course not!

He would certainly not play fair.

He even let them win the first few rounds.

"What would it look like if one of us was eliminated because we had nothing left?" Penny asked in the middle of the game.

"Then I own the person. After all, I paid for it If I lose everything then, though, the person belongs to the winner of the round." He answered calmly and got out of the round. The three looked first at him, then at each other again. And all three became restless, and now each wanted to win for himself. For reasons all their own.

Sophie, of course, wanted Carl to win so that she could help Phillip, and then, as a bonus, Lara would belong to her.

Lara wanted to win at all costs because she assumed that she would then also take over Carl's fortune, which she was right about. Besides, in the end she would be able to decide about Sophie and Penny, whom she didn't like anyway.

And Penny imagined that she would finally be able to escape from her parental home and compete with her father, with the means that Carl would give her. And she would be rid of her bossy mother, too.

He had to grin inwardly when he read her thoughts like that. Then Sophie brought him out of his thoughts and asked what would happen to Velvet.

"I don't know, she's my employee after all, so if the winner wants it, she had to work for him."

Penny dealt the next round, but Carl stopped time the moment she had just dealt the cards and everyone was looking at their hands. He himself had a 2 and 3 in his hand, so nothing really.

Sophie had a couple out of jacks.

Penny had a 10 and a queen.

Lara, on the other hand, had a couple of 5s in her hand.

He put his cards back in the deck and took a heart ate and the 10 of hearts from the deck. Then he put away the hearts, jacks, queen and king in a row, and put the two remaining 5s on top. So that the first three cards were the 5s and a queen.

This should at least convince everyone that they could win.

He sat down again, took his cards and let the time run again. Everyone bet and raised. As soon as the first three cards were revealed, everyone raised again. Then, when the 4th card, the Jack, was revealed, he had to go all-in. After the pot was split accordingly, he continued. He looked the ladies in the head and each of them was certain of victory and raised again. Then the last card was turned up and Penny turned up first and had, two pairs after that, Sophie put down her three of a kind, which knocked the grin off Penny's face. But when Lara showed her four of a kind and was about to grab the pot, Carl put his cards forward. Which he won with, and all three looked at him in disbelief. Since now, all had used a large part of their credits. Even if they all still got something back. He was a now way out in front.

He was now a little more careful, got out relatively early and manipulated the cards so that each had a chance to win and ultimately always lost to him on the last card.

The first to lose it all was Sophie, who looked around in disbelief.

"So what do I do now?" She asked him.

"Well, technically, you're mine." He replied with a grin.

"So come over here, stand next to me here. Spread your legs slightly and clasp your hands behind your head. So, I can examine my new property more closely." He asked her.

She was struggling with herself, he recognized that too, without penetrating her thoughts.

He stopped the time to make an input to simplify the whole thing a bit.

"What if betting debts were honored by Lara Price, Sophie and Penny House."

As soon as time resumed, she stood up and followed his prompting.

"Betting debts are known to be debts of honor." She muttered on her way to him. Meanwhile, Lara began shuffling the cards. A quick glance at the chips in front of them told him they were about to go broke, too. Velvet's delight was already evident as well.

"Will you please get me a gag for Sophie and give me her shoes first?" He asked Velvet, who nodded eagerly. And first to give him the shoes and then went to his magic cabinet. Meanwhile, Sophie put on the shoes and stood again as he asked.

She brought him 2 gags right away. A ring gag and an inflatable gag.

He was pretty sure that Velvet would like to use the inflatable one, and left it up to her which one she put on Sophie. Velvet didn't have to be told twice. But Sophie immediately started to protest. However, Carl just waved it off and told her that he was allowed to do what he wanted, after all, she was his.

Then he concentrated on the game again. While Velvet, Sophie put on the inflatable gag, while Velvet continued to grin, over both ears. She was visibly having trouble holding back.

Carl was the one with the most chips and drove the stakes higher and higher.

It now came down to Lara and Penny being all-in and he, of course, won the game.

"Well, that was fast. But I prefer not to complain, after all, I now own three more women." He said as the remaining two realized they had lost.

"Very well Velvet, as promised, now that I have won you can take them for tonight. Lara stays with me for now."

Velvet was as happy as a snow queen and literally ran to the magic cabinet and got another gag and some short chains and cuffs. Which she also put on the two right away. Then she led them into a sweetie room.