“I will make him regret ever placing a bet over me!”
Beatrice could have thought no worse thing than to have Anthony reject her.
Until she overhears him quite plainly bet that he could easily make any wallflower like her swoon for him. So when her horrid guardian forces her to seduce Anthony into marriage, Beatrice finds the perfect opportunity to take her revenge.
When Anthony is forced upon a ridiculous bet, his eagerness to accept is to kill two birds with one stone: one, he gets his friends off his back, and two, he finally gets an excuse to court the mesmerizing but elusive Miss Beatrice…