Chapter 167: Chapter 167

"Miss Zane, I’m here to see you," Anna Thornton stated.

"See me? We don’t have any connection."

"No connection indeed! But there’s still a debt between us, have you forgotten?" Anna reminded her, "At Marilyn Ford’s birthday party, you ruined my dress worth millions."

At the mention of this, Jean Zane’s gaze flickered slightly: "I don’t know what you’re talking about?"

"Fortunately, there was a live broadcast on that birthday party day, so many viewers saw it, and there’s video evidence. You personally said you would compensate for my loss. Miss Zane, do you think you can pretend it never happened and not take responsibility after some time has passed?"

Upon hearing this, Jean Zane snorted coldly, "Don’t try to fool me. I only spilled a bit of champagne on your dress, and you want me to pay you a million? No matter how you hear it, it sounds like you’re deliberately trying to scam me."

It was obvious that Jean Zane had made up her mind not to acknowledge the debt.

Anna Thornton shrugged, "It seems talking nicely won’t work, I’ll have to find other ways to get my money back."

"What else do you want? Don’t think you can rely on Young Master Grant as you did last time. I heard he’s gone abroad for business."

Precisely because Finn Grant had been out of the country lately, Jean Zane felt fearless.

"No need for support, as long as someone can be fair. Finn Grant once said if you default, he could approach your parents on my behalf. But even if he’s not here, why can’t I go myself?"

Anna Thornton said this and took some photos of the scene inside the private room, "If your parents knew you are spending double the price here for fun but refuse to repay me, they wouldn’t just sit back, would they? By the way, I heard you have a boyfriend? Seems there’s no shortage of people who can speak up for me."

The conversation inside the room just now was all overheard by Anna Thornton.

Threatened by bringing up her parents and boyfriend, Jean Zane’s face changed slightly.

But then, she steeled herself: "Anna Thornton, go ahead if you have the guts! My parents wouldn’t blame me, and as for my boyfriend... his family background is far inferior to ours, the Zane Family. Being with me is him marrying up. If he insists on being calculative over this, I might as well dump him, nothing to lose."

"Miss Zane is more courageous than I imagined. I hope other young ladies present have such open-minded parents and a boyfriend willing to wear a cuckold."

"Anna! What do you mean?"

"It’s nothing, just that I can’t quite keep my mouth shut."

The wealthy heiresses present, whether or not they had seen Anna Thornton before, had all heard some gossip about her.

This woman can even expose her own childbirth story when she gets ruthless, let alone the explosive scene she witnessed today.

These are girls in their twenties. If word spreads about finding men in such places, how are they going to find a boyfriend in the future?

Worse still, it could lead to a crisis in the reputation of the companies their parents have painstakingly built.

Indeed, upon hearing Anna Thornton’s words, many faces changed.

"Jean, did you really owe someone a million? If you did, just pay them back."

"I was at Marilyn’s birthday party too. You yourself said you’d compensate if Anna Thornton wore the real thing, so you indeed should compensate her now."

"Exactly! It’s only a million, the Zane Family can afford it, no need to make things ugly."

Anna Thornton’s move was too harsh!

Watching these people who were clearly good friends with Jean Zane now turning around to help Anna Thornton collect the debt.

Jean Zane was forced so much blood seemed stuck in her throat, wanting to vent but unable.

Even the man in the white shirt next to her said, "Miss Zane knows the rules of the club. If things get messy and involve the media, you might not be able to come and play here as you wish in the future."

This man remained silent while so many women competed for him earlier.

Now, he suddenly spoke, drawing Anna Thornton’s serious attention.

As it turned out, he was also looking at her with an intrigued gaze.

How to put it, he is quite handsome indeed!

And dressed in a clean white shirt, no eyeliner, no makeup, looks just like a senior in a regular university, without any signs of being someone selling himself for laughs in such a place.

Earlier, Jean Zane said it wouldn’t matter even if her boyfriend found out, but when this man spoke, he immediately showed worry and anxiety, as if afraid of displeasing him.

Ultimately, Jean Zane gritted her teeth and under so much pressure, compromised: "You just want money? This lady can afford it. But you must promise that once you get the money, you’ll keep your mouth shut and not reveal what happened in the room today."

"Of course, once I have the money there’s a film for me to shoot, I won’t have time to mind others’

Jean Zane calculated the money in her card and finally wrote a check for five hundred thousand for Anna Thornton.

"Here’s this much for now, the rest you’ll get in a few days."

"Then you need to write me an IOU."

Ethan Hawthorne’s private room was celebrating a birthday, and with Conrad Sterling present, even the rich playboys dared not play too wildly.

The purpose of coming to this club was to have fun, but now the body contact between the men and women in the private room was limited to hugging, anything more had to be taken outside.

But no one complained; currently, even the four major families in Aethelgard had to consider Conrad Sterling’s stance, who wouldn’t be proud to appear in the same room as President Sterling?

"President Sterling, I hear you’re about to get engaged to Miss Marilyn Ford, I must toast to you."

Someone deliberately raised a glass trying to curry favor but missed the mark.

Conrad Sterling did not oblige, not even raising his glass.

This was where Ethan Hawthorne stepped in to smooth things over: "President Sterling, coming over to celebrate my birthday amidst your busy schedule is the best birthday gift I could receive. Today, all toasts to President Sterling are on my behalf, I declare here, no one is allowed to trouble my brother."

His unilateral declaration of brotherhood with Conrad Sterling made him somewhat apprehensive.

Seeing that President Sterling neither acknowledged nor refuted it.

Ethan Hawthorne was instantly delighted and intercepted five or six cups of wine for Conrad Sterling.

"Young Master Hawthorne, we also have a special birthday gift for you today."

"Lately, hasn’t that little star Riley Osborne been bothering you? We’ve come up with a plan, and we’ll solve this bother for you today."

Riley Osborne was the girl Ethan Hawthorne drugged earlier, almost assaulted by.

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Due to insufficient evidence, she didn’t win but kept pestering Ethan Hawthorne, causing him headaches.

Ethan Hawthorne was considered an old hand in the field of pursuits in this circle, but it was the first time he encountered such a tough case.

Of course, Ethan Hawthorne also faced resistance from Anna Thornton.

But Anna Thornton had Finn Grant backing her, what did Riley Osborne count as?

"Young Master Hawthorne, we’ve already lured Riley Osborne to the club, we’re planning to handle her for you today!"