Chapter 154 Are You Asking Me Out?
Taccepted Andrew’s challenge. Whoever loses will pay up a billion!” Daniel’s bold
declaration left Jessica speechless. She barely resisted the urge to sock him. At this
moment, she wished she could stitch his mouth shut to prevent any more talk about
accepting this insane bet.
Daniel’s answer had Andrew grinning in triumph. He turned to Jessica, smugly
asking, “Jessica, isn’t it clear enough? He said he’s betting a billion with me. Now,
you have two choices, Jessica. The first option is to lend this country boy a billion,
and then watch him lose it to me. That loss will bankrupt The Matthews
Organization, bringing down The Matthews family overnight!
“The second option is to kick him to the curb, erase him from your world. That way,
whatever he bets with me–be it a billion or a hundred billion–it won’t have anything to do with you or The Matthews.”
Andrew’s objective was crystal clear: he wanted to drive a wedge between Jessica
and Daniel. If Daniel was cast out, he’d be like a dog without an owner, and no one
would have his back. Andrew could do as he pleased with the now defenseless
country boy.
Jessica glared at Daniel, her voice taking on the tone of an exasperated partner, “You
take back what you just said! You are not going through with that bet with Andrew! If
you dare bet with him, I am done with you!”
Originally, she wanted to say, “If you dare bet with him, I’ll dump you.” However, in the
end, she couldn’t bring herself to utter those words.
“Honey, I can listen to you about anything, but not this. Andrew has challenged me, and if I don’t accept, wouldn’t that be embarrassing? It’s just a billion; it’s not like I can’t come up with it! If you really can’t get the billion, I understand, and I can ask
someone else to lend it to me!”
“You…” Jessica stamped her foot in frustration.
Brittany caught something off in Daniel’s words. But Jessica seemed to have missed
the underlying meaning entirely. Brittany hastily pointed it out to Jessica, “Jessica,
can you believe this country boy just called you ‘dear‘?”
* home bs Daniel with a stem face and asked
to
billion Team? pine would even lend your a billion?”
The
turn it will you let me go through with this bet with Andrew?”
manage to borrow a billion, then I won’t interfere with your gamble
Jentes agreed, convinced that Daniel couldn’t possibly secure a billion dollars.
Daniel walked up to Isabella with his characteristic cheerfulness and greeted her,” Hey there, beautiful. You’re looking gorgeous today!*
isabella paused, a bit caught off guard, but she then smiled warmly and responded, Handsome, you’re looking pretty sharp yourself!”
She had witnessed the recent events and clearly understood Daniel was
approaching her to ask for a billion dollars. And the one thing she wasn’t lacking was money!
Most importantly, she had seen everything Daniel had done just now and was quite sure that Andrew would lose. So, she was willing to lend Daniel a billion–but on her terms.
“Beautiful lady, it’s our first meeting, and you look so stunning–a vision of grace and beauty. You must be a kind soul.”
“Are you asking me out?”
“No! I’m just hoping to borrow some money from you.”