The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 152

Jessica could easily support Daniel with a few tens of millions, or even a couple of hundred million dollars by liquidating some assets. However, a whole billion—a billion was all of The Matthews' liquid funds!

Jessica looked at Daniel sternly, gently explaining, "Daniel, we came here tonight just for fun. I don't see the fun in this, and a billion is just way too much. So, I can't lend you that."

"If you don't lend it to me, then I'll find someone else who will," Daniel said with a chuckle, making no joke of it, for he saw Isabella Evans had arrived.

Isabella, visiting New York for the first time, was a stranger to Andrew and his crowd. Upon entering the venue, she had greeted the staff and asked to keep her identity under wraps. She came discreetly, aiming to observe and uncover the true colors of New York's high society.

"Borrow from someone else? Who in the world would lend you a billion?" Jessica asked with a smile, thinking Daniel was joking. After all, there were only a few in New York who could pull out a billion dollars, let alone lend it to Daniel. She believed no one other than herself would be willing to lend him a billion.

"A beautiful woman," Daniel cryptically responded without a direct answer.

"A beautiful woman? Which beautiful woman?" Jessica asked, her pretty face still smiling, thinking Daniel meant her.

"The one who lends me the billion dollars will be the beautiful woman," Daniel quipped, glancing at Brittany. "Brittany, would you like to be that beautiful woman?"

"Sure! It's just a billion, right? Country boy, if you really want it, I can lend it to you," Brittany agreed—surprisingly?

This left Jessica taken aback, but she quickly figured it out. Brittany agreed because she simply couldn't produce a billion. If she could, she would never have said yes. So, Jessica asked with amusement, "And where, Brittany, will you find a billion to lend to Daniel?"