Is this destiny?

Inside the event hall, JoAnna is chatting with few ladies, and two more approached them.

"Do you mind if we join you?", Kyra came with Melodie and glanced at other ladies who were fawning over JoAnna. "We want to introduce ourselves to Mrs. Jeffrey White also."

"Sure.", JoAnna smiled. She recognized Kyra from the strip-club surveillance video, but she didn\'t know who Melodie is… until they introduced themselves. Then she recognized the name, Elanor warned her about Melodie Wright.

After some small chat, Kyra asked JoAnna: "Mrs. White, I wonder if you are willing to share how did you capture the heart of an outstanding man like Jeffrey White?"

JoAnna blinked few times. "Correct me if I\'m wrong Kyra, but… did you just ask me to share tips on how to seduce my husband?"

Kyra almost chocked on her saliva. "No, no… not at all. Mrs. White, that is not what I meant. I just wanted to know how you two met. It must have been romantic."

"Hmm…" JoAnna tilted her head. "You know Kyra, later tonight there will be a presentation about Jeff and me. It will touch the topic on how we met. If I answer your question now, that will spoil the presentation later…"

Kyra narrowed her eyes. She really didn\'t see anything special about JoAnna. She is obviously full of herself. Kyra even allowed her to call her by name, but she didn\'t return the favor, and now Kyra is stuck with addressing her as \'Mrs. White\'.

But she can\'t back down now… This woman is not known in their circle, which means that she is a nobody. How can a nobody compete with Misses from rich families who are learning how to be a lady from before they walked! Kyra believes that this is the right time to rattle JoAnna\'s confidence, before she establishes herself as Jeffrey\'s wife.

"You know, Mrs. White… we, young ladies in this society learn variety of skills. And sometimes we compete just to see how we are doing."

"Oh?", JoAnna\'s eyebrows shoot up. "Are you saying that it\'s normal for you ladies to compete? What kind of competitions?"

Kyra giggled lightly seeing that she got JoAnna\'s interest. "Nothing much… we usually pick a skill and then come up with a small friendly wager. I wonder if that is something that might interest you."

"Oh… I\'m not sure if I\'m qualified to compare myself to any of you. And in what can we compete? The resort has a gym and a beach, but I don\'t think that sweating or swimming is appropriate now. Besides that, there is a golf course, archery range, stables and a shooting range. Golf is a bit boring and it takes forever… too much walking… but there is archery, firearms and riding… Are you suggesting that we compete in one of those?"

Kyra flashed a smile. It seems that JoAnna is willing! She heard about the incident which happened at a club in Reno where JoAnna was involved in something related to riding, and JoAnna came out without major injuries… so there might be a chance that she is a good equestrian. But archery and firearms… that sounds interesting… Kyra looked at Melodie and gave her a meaningful look.

Melodie got a hint. "How about firearms? We can go to the shooting range and try out few rounds. Are you familiar with pistols?"

Melodie is confident. She is training with firearms since she is a teen. No one in their circle is a better shooter than she is.

"Oh? I don\'t know… Pistols? It\'s not that I don\'t know how to pull a trigger, but I find them a bit scary. Especially when the \'Bang\' happens…", JoAnna\'s reluctance was showing on her face. "What will be the wager? If I lose, I don\'t want to embarrass myself too much… it is my wedding day, and I don\'t want Jeff to think bad of me from our first day together as a husband and wife…"

JoAnna, Kyra and Melodie reached firing range within minutes.

Of course, Kyra made sure that many guests hear that there will be a shooting competition and they ended up attracting quite a crowd. She said once: "Melodie is about to compete with Mrs. White in shooting with a pistol.", and that spread through the guests like wildfire.

Some were there because they know that Melodie is unsurpassed in shooting, and some wanted to see Mrs. White embarrass herself, and some where just curious to find out what is going on.

Even Jeff heard that JoAnna is going to the firing range to compete.

"What?", Jeff was not sure he heard the young man right.

"Yes. Miss Wright challenged Mrs. White to a match. It seems they are going to compete with pistols.", young man repeated what he said previously.

Jeff exhaled and shook his head.

"Excuse me…" He left Felix and few other men to talk and walked toward the firing range in big strides.

Aiden and Sarah got notifications from Eve about the commotion at the firing range.

Sarah stifled a laugh before touching her earpiece. "Eve, send two extra drones there to record from different angles. We don\'t want to miss this."

At the firing range…

"What gun should we use?", JoAnna asked while looking at the number of pistols available arranged on the table.

"You pick.", Melodie offered magnanimously.

"Oh, no… you go first, please. You see… the thing is that because I\'m not very confident I want you to pick first. I will use the same one as you."

Melodie thought that this makes sense. If she is clueless about pistols, she would probably do the same thing.

JoAnna\'s eyes widened when she saw Melodie reach for Smith & Wesson .500 caliber pistol. \'Is she hunting elephants or competing in precision shooting?\' JoAnna observed Melodie while wondering, why would she pick one of the most powerful pistols there is? This pistol has quite a recoil and it\'s not good in precision matches, and in normal conditions, both of them will suffer from this disadvantage. But it seems that Melodie thinks that JoAnna will be at a greater disadvantage like this… Oh, how much she is underestimating her! JoAnna was trembling from excitement.

JoAnna inhaled sharply. "Oh Melodie, that is impressive… you took the biggest one!"

Melodie smiled. "Long barrel will allow for a better precision."

"Oh, I didn\'t know that…", JoAnna struggled not to roll her eyes. How is barrel length related to the precision of a weapon?

"What is going on?", Jeff made his way through spectators.

At the sight of him walking over, both Melodie and Kyra held their breaths.

"Hi, I made few friends… I hope you don\'t mind." JoAnna blinked few times at Jeff.

"Friends?", Jeff\'s eyes skimmed over Melodie and Kyra before going back to JoAnna.

JoAnna nodded happily. "Yes. We are going to play a game… but we still didn\'t decide on a wager. They said that we should compete, and the loser should lose something. I hope it\'s not a problem. I am concerned… if I lose, will you like me less?"

Jeff sighed while looking at JoAnna who is enjoying this situation very much. He didn\'t know that she is such a good actress.

He smiled gently and placed a light kiss on her lips. "As my wife, you can do whatever makes you happy."

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