Avery decided to play along.

"It's true. He's incredibly rich. He's just old, ugly, and barely hanging on."

The crowd was scratching their heads trying to figure out who this old, ugly, and unfit bigshot was.

A waiter walked over to Avery and said, "Please proceed to the second floor, Miss Tate."

Avery instantly looked up.

The building had an open concept, and the second-floor railing could be seen from the living room on the first floor.

Elliot's bodyguard was standing by the railing and looking down at her.

When the waiter escorted her away, the faces of the people in the crowd changed from one of mockery to one of awe.

Those in attendance at the banquet were the creme de la creme of high society.

Even the wealthy had their own form of social hierarchy.

That night, the more ordinary members of the upper class were mingling amongst themselves in the banquet hall on the first floor.

the other hand, were

can't believe Avery Tate was invited up there! Who exactly is her

not like we can go to the second floor. All I can say is that she must have a trick or two up her sleeve! Even if her sugar daddy is some old, ugly geezer, she still hit the jackpot with him!" "As far as I know, there aren't that many old men at

just messing with

looked at the second floor in unison, but they could

Avery arrived at the round table, there were less than ten people in attendance, and all of them were

sat herself down next

dining table was

didn't make me come here just to

in a low voice, "Cole will be here, too. Didn't you secretly meet with him while I was away on business? I invited you here so that you could meet him in the open." Avery did not expect this to be his

apart even for a little while? 3 Sᴇaʀch

Ha!

was ravenous as she had not had her dinner yet, so she was

and

owes me three million dollars! I wouldn't usually fuss over such a small amount of money, but I heard that your relationship with him has gone sour. If that's the case,

once. I called him up and gave him a piece of my mind! He didn't manage to trick me into investing with him, so he thought he could try

infamous in the financial

you can't help but feel a little bad for him. He would've been a goner a long time ago if

ridiculing Cole, Elliot's gaze unintentionally fell on

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