Chapter 3

"It's getting late, Serena. The restaurant is waiting for you to pay so they can close."

"Don't tell me you can't pay!"

"What are we going to do? If you can't pay, you'll be detained and sent to the police station. Oh wait, isn't that what you did to me?"

Lily pulled out a cigarette, put it in her mouth, lit it, and started smoking.

She didn't forget to blow the smoke in my face, her arrogant expression making me unable to resist raising my hand to swipe at her. The scene instantly became chaotic.

Callum, feeling sorry for Lily, quickly had his bodyguards rush over and throw me out.

"Serena, stop it right now!"

"What? You're allowed to play with others, but they can't play with you in return?"

I stared at Callum with bloodshot eyes. The only reason he was able to rise to the top as the wealthiest man in Manhattan in just three years was because of my help.

I used my family's power and connections to help him fight his way to the top.

Even dangerous people from the underground who wanted to cause him trouble backed off because of me.

I had planned to tell Callum about my background tonight on my birthday, to tell him I wasn't just a commoner.

I was the heir to the first of New York's four founding families.

I also planned to take him home to meet my father and mother. I just didn't expect people's hearts could change so quickly.

I misjudged him. I overestimated his character.

"Callum, are you really going to make me leave this restaurant humiliated and disgraced?"

Callum laughed coldly:

"What else? You think I set all this up for nothing?"

Lily, emboldened by the bodyguards, punched me in the face:

"You bitch! Either you can't pay and get sent to jail, or you strip naked, bite this piece of steak, and crawl out of here on all fours like a dog."

"Oh, and the difference between the two? The first one you get to keep your clothes on. The second one you're naked and have no dignity left. Ha ha ha! Hurry up and choose. I can't wait!"

Facing dozens of pairs of eyes watching this spectacle, I clenched my fists and looked at Callum without any emotion.

"Fine. Since this is what you chose, bankruptcy is on you."

As soon as I finished speaking, Lily burst out laughing.

"Ah? Ha ha ha!"

"Has this woman been reading too many romance novels? Does she think she's some hidden identity billionaire?"

"This woman must be so angry she's lost her mind."

Callum also glared at me angrily. He thought I was lying too.

He casually picked up a plate of food and threw it at me:

"Stop your delusions about making the Reeves family go bankrupt. You? As if!"

"Think about how you're going to solve your current problem!"

"Manager!"

The manager understood and immediately walked over with security guards, speaking to me coldly:

"Miss Serena, will you be paying cash or having someone pay for you?"

Out of professional courtesy, the manager still didn't humiliate me completely.

I scanned the entire room and finally looked at a business partner I'd worked with before. We met when I was negotiating projects on behalf of the Reeves family.

I walked toward her. As soon as she saw me coming her way, she quickly stood up and backed away.

"Serena, don't come near me. I don't dare pay for you..."

"Don't be afraid. I'm not asking you to pay for me. I just need to borrow your phone."

"Can I?"

"I just need to make one call to have a friend bring money over to pay the bill..."

"Ha ha ha! This woman is still acting! Who in Manhattan would dare bring money over to help you pay?"

"Go ahead and call. We'll give her another half hour. If time runs out and she still can't pay, I'll have these fat old men strip her naked. What a billionaire has used must be good quality, right?"