Not considering the public might have another question: if she really earned seven million from Tommy, why would she continue in the flesh trade?
She didn't even know how to respond to Tommy's joke, she could only laugh and say with the same feigned exasperation she had shown at the party, "Hearing you lash out at a friend earlier made me realize you were still quite the gentleman when I rejected you."
The string of angry greetings Tommy unleashed on Jason earlier let Diane Linen realize just how crazy he could get if someone caused him a large loss of money, and since she herself had caused him a loss of seven hundred thousand, the fact that he could still remain rational when seeing her showed that it wasn't easy for him.