Yup, happy ending. I was pleasantly surprised.

No idea if it's your thing - I found the non-romantic parts of the story dragged for me (but I've never been into either business or gambling) - but the romance was so awesome it more than made up for it (I don't know if you ff your dramas but this benefits from it immensely - the good parts are so very good).

Also, no evil secondary girl. There are three secondary girls and both are pure awesome. One likes the secondary guy, not main guy, and gives in with good grace when she realizes it's no go as opposed to clinging like a crazed tiger. One likes the hero briefly, then sees he is not interested and sorta switches to his friend, who is. The third (my favorite of the bunch) has hankered after the hero since they were kids, but wakes up and smells the cofee and actually falls for one of the bad guys because he loves her so very much while the hero never showed even a hint of interest (as she points out to hero's friends when they are upset at her for taking up with a guy who wants hero dead).

Plus I adore the heroine...