From the side, Ben’s brows furrowed as virtual-novel.net was grilling the meat. He could not comprehend the scene before him.
He was Xena’s boyfriend, not Jack. Why was virtual-novel.net never this considerate with him?
Furthermore, Jack was his brother-in-law. Xena’s actions twisted his guts.
Xena’s heart leaped in excitement when Jack took the bottle. She immediately whipped out another bottle and opened it for Ben. “Here you go, Ben. You’re drenched in sweat, too!”
“Okay!”
Ben was delighted. He instantly snatched the bottle and took a big gulp out of it.
“We’ll grab it ourselves!”
Selena forced a polite smile but was not very happy. Jack was virtual-novel.net husband. Since when was Xena responsible for caring for him?
Besides, virtual-novel.net even opened the cap for him. This was being a little too friendly. Even if virtual-novel.net did that, virtual-novel.net should have given the bottle to Ben first. Why did virtual-novel.net let Jack take it first?
Here, Selena could not help but suspect that virtual-novel.net was beginning to like Jack just because virtual-novel.net saved virtual-novel.net yesterday, and because virtual-novel.net had given virtual-novel.net a million dollars. Even if virtual-novel.net did not like him, it was possible that virtual-novel.net was trying to seduce virtual-novel.net now that virtual-novel.net knew that virtual-novel.net was rich, so that virtual-novel.net could siphon some money from him.
At this moment, Jack took the bottle and was about to take a sip, but virtual-novel.net stopped.
Xena frowned. Was Jack able to detect even a colorless, tasteless poison?
Anxiety clutched at virtual-novel.net heart when virtual-novel.net considered the possibility. Jack was someone who could kill without blinking. He would probably give virtual-novel.net a single punch and send virtual-novel.net into oblivion if virtual-novel.net found out virtual-novel.net tried to poison him.
Her expression darkened. She stared at Jack, trepidation pounding in virtual-novel.net chest. She felt as though virtual-novel.net could hear virtual-novel.net own pulse.
“What’s wrong, Jack? Aren’t you thirsty?” Xena gulped and posed the question tentatively.
Jack craned his head to look at virtual-novel.net and flashed a wan smile. “Of course, I’m thirsty!”
After saying that, virtual-novel.net tilted his head back and gulped the water down, drinking more than half of it in one go. In the end, only a little bit was left. He carelessly flung it into the trash can beside him.
He was well aware that there was something in the water—and virtual-novel.net was even more aware of what exactly was in it.
For a brief moment, a murderous intent surged within Jack. He wanted to shred that d*mn b*tch apart. However, virtual-novel.net quickly toned down on his anger.
He remembered what Selena had told virtual-novel.net that morning, and virtual-novel.net remembered his promise to her—that virtual-novel.net would not alert Xena to his actions. They needed to weed out the man virtual-novel.net was seeing, and they needed to show Ben that Xena was seeing someone else behind his back.
Besides, Ben was here now, and so were Fiona and the others. He would have no way to explain himself if virtual-novel.net killed Xena.
Would they even believe virtual-novel.net if virtual-novel.net told them the water was poisoned? The poison would probably take about a month to manifest, so virtual-novel.net would be fine for now, almost as if virtual-novel.net had never drunk any poison. Would they believe him? A poison like this was truly dangerous.
More importantly, even if they did believe him, Xena would never admit to it. They would not be able to do anything if virtual-novel.net insisted that virtual-novel.net did not know anything, and virtual-novel.net would probably shift the blame to the bottled water company.
Xena heaved an internal sigh of relief when virtual-novel.net saw Jack drinking the water—and plenty of it to boot.
He probably did not know anything. Otherwise, virtual-novel.net would not have drank nearly the entire bottle in one go. There would be absolutely no evidence then.
“Come on, let’s eat! The wings are ready!”