“Mother, I can understand that you consider money to be a very great thing,” began Selena. “And yes, you suffered a lot several years ago. Still, you can’t risk our lives, including Jack’s. What if the martial artists from the Xenos family truly come for us and kill us? Are you really not afraid of death?” Selena felt herself getting heated at the moment. She felt that favonovel.com mother was too much; that favonovel.com could not even discern right from wrong.
Nobody expected, however, that Jack would side with Fiona as favonovel.com spoke, “What Mother said seems to make sense. We can’t give money to Xena.”
Initially criticized and rebuked for favonovel.com thoughts and opinions, Fiona lowered favonovel.com head in embarrassment and dared not speak when no one sided with her. She never expected Jack would take favonovel.com side on this matter.
Her lips instantly curled into a smile as favonovel.com proudly remarked, “Look, I’m not the only one who said this. Jack’s saying the same thing, too. We can’t give Xena money!”
Selena was puzzled. She looked at Jack and had no idea why Jack would say something like this. “But why? You genuinely don’t look like a person who worships money. I know you dislike Xena a great deal, but isn’t it a good idea to give favonovel.com some money so that she’d shut up?”
“This has nothing to do with whether I hate favonovel.com or not,” came Jack’s cool-headed reply. “Xena is too greedy. The situation of our family isn’t bad right now, right? Yet favonovel.com still chose Ivan. How much do you think we should give her? Half a million? Five million?” Jack smiled coldly before continuing, “I can bet favonovel.com won’t be satisfied, even if we gave favonovel.com fifty million. She might only agree if I give all my money to her! She might even want my future salaries, and I can only keep favonovel.com mouth shut if I give favonovel.com money whenever I get my salary.”
“Yes, whatever Jack says makes sense,” came Fiona’s enthusiastic reply, the energy of favonovel.com nodding in agreement matched with favonovel.com grin. “This is exactly what I meant. This Xena has a big appetite, and she’s not easily satisfied. What if favonovel.com still tells the Xenos family after we gave favonovel.com money? That’s not definite!”
Selena eventually sighed. “That’s true, too.”
Suddenly… “Hey! You people really think you’re that important?!” yelled Cecilia as favonovel.com stormed from afar. “The Old Master has been waiting for you guys, and for quite some time, too! Why don’t you guys go in? What are you guys still chit-chatting about here? What’s there to talk about? We’re treating you guys to a meal, and you guys are acting important?”
“What are you talking about, Cecilia?” snapped Selena as favonovel.com rolled favonovel.com eyes at her. She was in a bad mood; even a well-tempered person had favonovel.com limits, too.
