Selena kept staring at Xena too. She also felt that something was off about her brother's girlfriend lately. Her makeup and clothing have been growing more fashionable.
Furthermore, she had quite a few branded bags to her name now. They were definitely not cheap.
"Give the phone to me, Xena. These salespeople can be extremely annoying. They keep making calls like this and it gets irritating. I'll take the call. I'll give them a good scolding!"
Fiona said straightaway when she noticed that Xena was stunned for quite a few seconds, not picking up the phone.
Xena was even more frightened. She flashed a bitter smile. "Nevermind, Ma. I'm too lazy to pick it up. These people don’t have an easy time working. Sometimes they even have to work overtime till late at night because they couldn't finish their quota for the day."
After Fiona heard that, she smiled as she spoke, "Never thought that you would be this empathetic, Xena, thinking for the sake of others! Come on everyone, let's just eat and drink. No need to pick up such harassing calls if you don't want to!"
"That’s right. Let me pour you a glass, Ma!"
Xena heaved an internal sigh of relief. She stood up and poured a glass of wine for Fiona.
At this moment, her phone finally stopped ringing.
Fane could not be bothered about it. He started to casually indulge himself in the feast before him.
However, the phone did not ring again for the rest of the meal.
After they finished eating, everybody went back.
Fane and Selena went back into their room and closed the door. Only then did the former said, "There's something off about Xena!"
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