Chapter 10: LAUGHINGSTOCK
"I truly didn't see you," Isabella insisted, maintaining her composure. "I'll gladly replace your dress. Please, let me—
"Who would want your cheap hand-me-downs? My dress costs over fifty thousand —it's custom!" Chloe sneered, dismissive.
Isabella stifled a laugh. Fifty thousand? The dresses in her wardrobe started at six figures. Instead of arguing, she replied calmly, "In that case, I'll have my assistant transfer the amount to you tomorrow."
This comment struck a nerve with Chloe, who assumed Isabella was only pretending to act superior because of her tenuous connection to the Anderson family.
Sensing an opportunity to embarrass Isabella, Chloe escalated the argument.
"Don't pretend to be rich, you only look good because of the Anderson family. Do you even have a penny of your own? When the Anderson family kicks you out, let's see how arrogant you'll be then."
Chloe's argument quickly attracted a few onlookers."That's right! If it weren't for you pestering Mr. Anderson, you wouldn't even dream of marrying into the Anderson family," someone else chimed in, joining the verbal attack.
Isabella recognized them—they were all once obsessed with Ethan, loving him to the point of madness. Upon closer inspection, the people surrounding her were all those who had once liked Ethan.
"You've been occupying Mrs. Anderson position for three years and even pretended to be in a vegetative state to avoid divorce. You're truly despicable," someone else began to criticize Isabella."But fortunately, the three-year period is up, and you're about to become a discarded wife of a wealthy family.
I will definitely laugh at you when that happens."Chloe laughed the loudest. "Three years ago, you were the laughingstock of Crown City, and three years later, you still are.
You really haven't forgotten your roots, hahaha."If this had been the pre-amnesia Isabella, she might have been ashamed by their words, but the post-amnesia Isabella was fearless. How could she care about a few sarcastic remarks?
She smiled slightly and said, "It seems you all are quite well-informed, knowing that I'm about to get a divorce. After I divorce, everyone here has a chance to become the next Mrs. Anderson. Here, I have some top-secret information about Ethan's preferences. It's 100,000 million per copy, and I'm only selling five copies."
"First come, first served, and I guarantee it's genuine. Who wants it?"Several socialites looked at each other and then pounced on Isabella at the same time. "I want it, I want it, want it!"To them, 100,000 million was just the price of a dress, and buying information related to Ethan was a bargain.
Isabella was too absorbed in collecting the money and didn't notice a tall figure in the darkness staring at her coldly.Looking at the extra 500,000,000.00 million in her account, Isabella couldn't help but sigh that money was really easy to make.
It's true that it's the era of "fan economy" now. She glanced at Chloe, who was standing beside her, and asked, "What's up? Is there anything else?" She had just transferred the money for the dress to her cousin.With a raised chin, Chloe shamelessly said, "How about sending me a copy of that confidential information? When I become Mrs. Ethan in the future, you will definitely benefit from it."
Isabella was not surprised by her cousin's words. Since childhood, she had always had a "my mother is the best in the world" mentality, and everyone had to indulge her. With a slight smile, Isabella said, "Okay, 500,000.00 million."
"What? Are you robbing me?" Chloe intended to get it for free."Your copy is different. Theirs is a mock exam, while yours is the real exam, with a higher success rate."
Isabella looked around and whispered, "I'll also give you a genuine photo of Ethan's abs."Chloe couldn't resist the temptation and struggled for a while before saying, "Okay, deal. But I don't have 500,000.00 million.
I'll give you my car. It's a Ferrari that cost over 500,000,000,000.00 million when I bought it. You'll make a fortune."As she spoke, Chloe handed over the car key to Isabella.Isabella could tell from the car key that it was a 2017 Ferrari, and although it was a second-hand car, it could still be sold for over 200,000,000,000.00 million if it was in good condition.
Ethan walked out, his face dark and gloomy. That damn woman, Isabella, dared to use him to make money?Emma had a look of amusement on her face, as if she enjoyed watching the drama unfold.
"Ethan, I believe she really wants to divorce you. You mean nothing to her."Ethan glanced at her and said, "It's none of your business."
Although Emma didn't say anything else, a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes. She had always been the one accompanying Ethan, so why did Isabella have to steal him away? And why did Ethan want to give her a large sum of money during the divorce settlement when Isabella clearly didn't care about him anymore?
Emma was not willing to accept this. Chloe pouted and found her father, William, and her mother, Grace. Upon seeing her daughter covered in red wine, Grace immediately asked what had happened. Chloe exaggeratedly recounted what had just occurred, then coquettishly said, "Mom, can you buy me a new dress?
Dad, can you buy me a new car?" She didn't want to change her dress so that she could get more pocket money from her mother by playing the victim.
Although she was the young lady of Wilson Group, her parents were very stingy with her. The monthly allowance they gave her wasn't enough for her to spend.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have pawned her car to Isabella. Upon hearing this, William became anxious and said, "How could you give her the car? The Ferrari was originally hers.
We took advantage of her depression and secretly took her car and claimed it as our own. What if she remembers it?"
"She won't. She has amnesia now and is very easy to fool," Chloe proudly said. "If she weren't so foolish, could she divorce Ethan?"
"That's true," William nodded in agreement. After all, Ethan was not someone anyone could just cling onto.