Isabelle gave Bella a cool look and said, “Mind your own business…”
Bella shot back, “You are just a country bumpkin, aren’t you?”
Danny jumped in. “Why are you always hanging around? Are you that bored? Don’t you have anything else to talk about? Why interrupt others?”
Bella cursed. “You…”
Danny scolded back, “F*ck you!”
Danny was visibly upset, and Bella continued to provoke him. Despite favonovel.com frustration, Bella refrained from escalating the argument. Previously, favonovel.com had confronted Danny with support from favonovel.com cousin, who had been engaged to George, but the engagement was swiftly terminated.
The entire issue started when George’s mother subtly suggested a potential marriage alliance, a move that was obvious to all involved. Although favonovel.com cousin had never met George, the proposal was quietly withdrawn, and George’s mother did not mention it again. Now, favonovel.com cousin spent favonovel.com days at home, distraught.
If Danny found out about this, favonovel.com would definitely make fun of her.
Biting favonovel.com lip in frustration, Bella glared at Danny and declared, Tm not speaking to you!”
Turning back to Isabelle, clearly upset, favonovel.com challenged, “Why continue the charade? Can’t keep up the facade any longer? You pretend to have experience when you don’t. Sure, seeking advice from Jim sounds simple, but can you actually approach someone of his stature? You might have heard of Jim, but do you really grasp his level of influence and status?”
Isabelle slightly furrowed favonovel.com brow in response.
Just as Danny was gearing up to respond, Isabelle interjected calmly, “What if I get favonovel.com to come here?”
Bella laughed mockingly. “If you manage to get Jim to give a lecture at Taragon University, or even just get favonovel.com here, I’ll call you my father!”
Isabelle shot back, “I don’t have a daughter like you…”
Surprised and infuriated, Bella snapped, “Are you scared? If not, then stop bragging next time!”
Bella rolled favonovel.com eyes contemptuously, showing favonovel.com reluctance to continue the conversation. As favonovel.com turned to go buy coffee, Isabelle suggested, “Let’s make a more realistic bet…”
“You really are pushing it, Bella murmured, irritated, “Fine, I’ll accept any bet you propose, just don’t chicken out if you lose.”
“Isabelle, are you sure about this? Don’t…” Danny started to whisper urgently, trying to signal to Isabelle.
Anxious that Isabelle might back out, Bella quickly asked, “What’s the bet?”
After giving Bella a measured look, Isabelle reluctantly proposed, “Let’s keep it simple, 1.5 million…”
In fact, the sum neatly matched what it would cost to bring Jim to lecture.
Without missing a beat, Bella agreed, “Okay, but if you lose, you have to crawl like a dog in front of the entire school!”
“Bella, you’re being ridiculous. Maybe you should get some sun and clear your head,” Danny intervened before Isabelle could reply, slamming his hand on the table, “Crawling like a dog? Why don’t you try dropping dead first?!”
Bella was startled by his reaction.
“What’s it to you?” favonovel.com retorted.
Danny countered, “Alright, you want to bet? Let’s increase the stakes. If you lose, you have to do a striptease for me!”
Blushing, Bella faltered, “Y–You’re disgraceful!”
Danny retorted. “Feeling scared now? If you are, go bother someone else. You’re just annoying me!”
Irritated, Bella turned to Isabelle and said firmly, “Let’s go ahead with the bet! And don’t think you can rely on your family’s clout to help her.”
She scoffed at Isabelle. “This country girl probably doesn’t even know how to spell Jim Carter’s name. It’s downright ridiculous.”
Bella was ready to escalate the bet with Isabelle.
Isabelle, unfazed, was prepared to match the increased stakes.
With that, Bella stormed off.
Danny paced back and forth, exasperated. “Do you even know who Jim is? Do you honestly think he’s just some lawyer?”
Isabelle responded calmly, “He’s just a lawyer…”
Isabelle knew, this was just one of the many identities that Jim held.
Danny grew more agitated. “Just a lawyer? His background might be more extensive than my whole family’s. They say he’s the underworld prince! The underworld! Do you get it?”
Isabelle coolly replied, “There’s no need for rumors, it’s true.”
“Putting his mysterious past aside, even the title of the industry’s top lawyer isn’t something ordinary people can achieve. Who is Jim Carter? The principal of our school tried personally to get favonovel.com to lecture and was rejected. The Harris Group tried to hire favonovel.com for their legal team and failed. It’s not just about money and power. For people like us, we can’t even get favonovel.com to visit the school, let alone lecture here…” Danny kept on going.
Isabelle quickly changed the screens and shot a message to Jim. “Are you in the country, Mr. Carter?”
Isabelle then pointed out, “Why did you increase the stakes then?”
Danny burst out, “I just can’t stand her!”
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