Now that Fane was back, she had hope.
"Right. No matter what happens, you have t o promise me one thing, dear!" Selena lifted her chin and told Fane.
"What is it? I'll promise you anything!” Fane smiled.
"We must find the man Xena's seeing. She's extremely clever, so we have to be cautious not to alert her!"
Selena thought about it for a while. Then she said, huffing, "Xena has my brother and my parents eating out of her palm now. They won’t believe whatever you and I say. That's why we have to catch them in the act and let my brother see who she really is. Only then will he completely give up on her!" "All right, I get it. Don't worry. I'll be discreet, and I’ll catch the man she’s seeing!" Fane nodded and promised.
After they washed up, they went into Kylie's room to wake her up before the three went down for breakfast.
When breakfast was done, everyone got into their cars and drove to a small river in the countryside. They set up their barbecue pit, took out the ingredients, and began grilling the food.
There were usually plenty of people barbecuing around the area since it was specially reserved for barbecues. There were even hired staff to clear the place.
However, they would need to pay 20 bucks t o use the facilities.
On one side, there was a public toilet, as well as a few pavilions for everyone to rest and play.
Not too far away was a fairly large supermarket. Business was pretty good in a place like this.
"Mmph! It’s so good!" Kylie relished her chicken skewer.
"It's a little hot today. You and Ben are drenched in sweat, Fane!"
Xena smiled. She had been calling out Fane's name in an endearing tone since they left the house that morning. It was evident that she was a lot closer to him now.
Once the poison was completely invisible t o the naked eye, Xena heaved an internal sigh of relief. She capped the bottle and placed it on top of the bag, walking towards Fane and the others.
She was well aware that Fane was intelligent. If she gave him the bottle that had an opened cap, he would definitely be suspicious.
However, she was not an idiot either. She placed the bag on the ground when she arrived at Fane's side and immediately took the bottle, wrenching its cap off. She thrust it to him. "Here, Fane. Drink some water. Look at you. You're bathing in sweat!”
"Oh!"
Fane frowned. Xena was being a little too nice to him.
Still, it was just a bottle of water. He was probably reading too much into it. He took the bottle from her. "Thanks!"
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