Chapter 41


    The room buzzed with envious murmurs.


    "Looks like we’re already full from all this lovey-dovey talk, and dinner hasn’t even started yet,”


    someone joked. Vivian grinned and chimed in, "So, when are you going to bring your boyfriend over


    for us to meet? A great guy like that is a rare find."


    Linda blushed andughed, "Sure, when the timees."


    Though Linda was chatting with everyone else, her eyes kept drifting to Chloe. But Chloe’s face


    remained inscrutable, showing no sign of interest. Linda’s heart sank a little.


    Just then, the server brought over the tablet with the menu. Linda handed it to Chloe. "Chloe, pick


    whatever you like. Don’t hold back."


    Chloe took the tablet with a smile and swiftly made her choices. A few minutester, she handed it


    back to Linda. "You might want to check it over."


    Linda waved it off and passed it to the server. "I trust your taste."


    Soon, the dishes began arriving. At first, everyone was having a great time, enjoying the food and


    drinks. But before long, Linda noticed something odd. Two hours had passed, and the tes and


    bottles kepting.


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    Everyone was too wrapped up in the feast, showering her withpliments on her generosity, so


    Linda stayed quiet. But when the meal finally ended, the server brought over the bill, and Linda’s


    jaw dropped.


    Ny-eight thousand!


    She looked at the server in disbelief. “How can it be this expensive?”


    The server exined patiently, “You’ve ordered every dish on our menu, including some rare off-


    menu items. The total cost came to eighteen thousand, and you also ordered four bottles of our


    twenty-thousand-a-bottle red wine. Plus, there''s the five percent service charge.”


    Linda felt like she might faint. She didn’t have that kind of money. She had thought the bill might be


    high, but not this high.


    The others were just as stunned and began to turn on Chloe.


    “Chloe, was this some kind of payback? You racked up a ny-eight thousand bill! Where’s your


    shame?”


    “Have you never had good food before? Why are you taking advantage of Linda like this?”


    “I think Chloe should foot the bill. She ordered it. She should pay for it.”


    Chloe remained unflustered, her smile unwavering. “You were all quiet while eating the truffle


    casserole and Kobe beef. No oneined about how expensive the ingredients were. And as


    for the wine, I only ordered one bottle; you guys added the rest.”


    “Chloe, don’t try to weasel out of this.”


    Chloe replied calmly, “If you’re all that concerned for Linda, let’s split the bill evenly. No one ate less


    than anyone else. It’s the fairest way.”


    Suddenly, everyone fell silent. Splitting the bill would mean each person would have to pay almost


    ten thousand, which was a few months'' sry for most of them.


    A girl next to Linda spoke up. “Linda’s boyfriend is well-off. She’s going to be living the high life


    soon. She won’t mind covering a meal for us.”


    Linda felt like she was on a spit over a fire. The truth was, she and Lucas didn’t have much money.


    Since Lucas went abroad, the Moncada family had cut off his financial support. Their life overseas


    wasn’t as morous as people thought. Lucas was too proud to ask his family for help, and Linda


    only had a few tens of thousands in her ount, money she’d earned from tutoring over the past


    three years.