Chapter 5

"Ethan, as a man, can't you have some dignity? Now you're pestering?"

My mother-in-law couldn't hold back and pointed at me, yelling.

I replied calmly:

"You think too highly of yourselves. I'm picking out a gift for my friend, why would I need to stalk you?"

Sienna stood awkwardly, holding a bag, unsure of what to say.

Liam suddenly burst out laughing:

"Picking out a gift? Ethan, it seems you've never been to a luxury store. Do you even know how much that bag costs? At least a hundred grand!"

"Even I had to think twice before buying this bag, but you?"

He shook his head with amusement.

Rosalie looked at me with disappointment, saying:

"Ethan, all you have is the twenty thousand I gave you."

"Are you really going to throw away your future just for pride?"

"If you find yourself with nowhere to turn, begging me won't help!"

I almost laughed out loud.

I'm making over ten grand a day just in interest, matching her monthly salary. Why would I need to beg her?

"Who said Ethan can't afford it? It's just a hundred grand. We'll buy it!"

Sienna mustered the courage to speak up.

While talking, she quietly slipped a card into my hand, hinting for me to use it.

I knew that was all of Sienna's savings over the years.

At that moment, to support me, she was willing to take it out, filling my heart with warmth.

I've always known how she felt about me.

But back then, I was in love with Rosalie, so I never responded to her feelings.

Now, I truly felt like I had been blind all these years.

To have fallen for a woman like Rosalie.

I gave Sienna a gentle smile, "It's okay, I have money."

Saying that, I handed the card to the clerk.

"Charge it."

As the clerk processed the card, my mother-in-law burst out laughing, amused by the situation.

Rosalie frowned, looking at me with disappointment.

Liam, holding my daughter, leisurely observed me, as if watching a clown.

Soon, the card machine beeped:

"Transaction successful!"

In an instant, everyone's eyes were on me.

Especially Rosalie, whose eyes widened in disbelief as she stared at me.

"Ethan, where did you get the money?"

Liam raised an eyebrow, understandingly saying, "Oh, I get it. Ethan, you're taking out a high-interest loan to impress a girl?"

"You're quite the character!"

He sneered, smirking.

I couldn't be bothered to explain to them and was about to leave when a store clerk suddenly pointed at me, exclaiming:

"Ah! I remember now, this gentleman is the one who won the 200 million jackpot yesterday!"

"Two hundred million?!"

The store erupted, and everyone started talking about me.

My mother-in-law was stunned for a moment, then scoffed, "Him? Impossible, a loser like Ethan doesn't have that kind of luck..."

Before she could finish, Rosalie, staring at her phone, interrupted with a pale face:

"No, mom, something's not right!"

"The news says the 200 million winner really is..."

"Ethan?!"