CHAPTER 163
Author: Chessman
last update2025-01-31 18:35:59

At that moment Hazel’s cousin erupted into laughter, clutching his stomach as if this was the funniest thing he had ever witnessed.

“Hazel!” he called out between laughs, shaking his head. “How exactly are you going to pay five million dollars?” He wiped a tear from the corner of his eye before smirking. “Your dad’s whole house isn’t even worth five million dollars!”

The statement sent another wave of murmurs through the crowd. People whispered among themselves, some chuckling, some shaking their heads in amusement.

Then Hazel clenched her fists.

This was humiliating.

She shot a glare at her cousin, but she wasn’t done. “Even if you were really part of the Parker family,” she continued, voice dripping with mockery, “you wouldn’t dare spend five million on a single piece of clothing.”

More laughter followed.

Hazel turned to Jason, eyes burning with frustration.

“Jason,” she hissed. “That dress is five million dollars.” She gestured toward it as if she still couldn’t believe what she wa
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