"The beauty pageant dinner was held at the villa last night. You were on vacation, visiting your hometown, so you didn't see any of it."
It turned out that everything Xenia had said was true.
Mia felt a storm of shock rise within her, and she became extremely unsettled!
At the same time, Mia gritted her teeth in anger—her dignity as the long-serving maid had been completely shattered at that moment!
And it was all because of this woman, Xenia!
She truly was a slut!
"But—"
Riley didn't finish his sentence. He paused for a moment, then questioned Mia, "Why, when Miss Summers explained the facts to you, did you refuse to believe her, not bother to call me to confirm, and instead deliberately insult her?"
"Why did you take it upon yourself to call the police and treat Miss Summers like a criminal?"
Mia's lips twitched uncontrollably.
She couldn't offer any explanation.
"This is Mr. Shaw's first woman," Riley stopped reprimanding her, for Mia had indeed worked here for twenty years as an old maid, but he warned her, "Please remember to show Miss Summers the respect she deserves."
Mia was so shocked she staggered backward a few steps!
*****
Alexander had said he would take her out for dinner, so Xenia, following his instructions, called the villa's driver to take her there.
However, she awkwardly glanced down at herself...
The villa hadn't arranged new clothes for her, and the only outfit she had was the one she had taken off the previous night. Xenia had no choice but to put on the same clothes again.
A plain white T-shirt and dark gray trousers. It looked terrible, and it was cheap...
Xenia's cheeks burned, but she still made sure to arrive on time.
Golden Bay Hotel, a top-tier restaurant in Seaport City, was only accessible to the wealthy elite. Every corner seemed gilded, and naturally, the prices were the highest in the city.
Alexander's company was busy, which delayed him a bit. He had planned to call Xenia, but Xenia didn't even have a phone!
Who would believe that she was so poor she didn't even have a phone?!
Alexander had no choice but to call the driver who was taking Xenia.
After the call, the driver turned to her and said, "Miss Summers, Mr. Shaw might be 15 minutes late. He asks that you go ahead into Golden Bay Hotel. He has a private VIP room. Just inform the manager, and the manager will escort you there."
"Alright, I understand," Xenia quickly replied.
A luxury car stopped by the roadside. Xenia got out alone and walked up to the grand entrance of Golden Bay Hotel.
However, to her surprise, the doorman refused to let her in.
"Sorry, miss, our Golden Bay Hotel has a dress code for customers. If a lady is not wearing an evening gown, she is not allowed inside."
She was too plainly dressed and was blocked at the door!
Xenia instantly felt extremely embarrassed.
Just then, a lady in an elegant evening gown walked up gracefully. She overheard the doorman's words and casually glanced at Xenia.
The next moment, the woman froze, and her expression immediately turned into one of mocking laughter.
"I recognize you. You're the woman Mr. Shaw picked last night, aren't you?"
"What's your name... Oh yes, Xenia!"
The young woman was Selena Stone, one of the participants in the beauty pageant last night who hadn't been selected. To her surprise, she ran into Xenia again today!
"Oh my god, weren't you picked by Mr. Shaw?" Selena's jealous, vengeful heart flared up immediately.
She dramatically shouted, "How could you be wearing something so ugly and stand in front of Golden Bay Hotel, getting publicly rejected by the doorman!"
Everyone around turned to look at Xenia with strange expressions.
The people present were all from distinguished families.
Xenia's face turned bright red as she stood there, feeling like an ugly duckling, utterly embarrassed.
She didn't know what to say—her outfit clearly didn't meet the standards.
But Selena's anger hadn't subsided. Her arrogance was fully on display as she continued sizing up Xenia. "You're wearing the same outfit as last night! How could this be!"
Suddenly, her expression changed. "Wait... Did Mr. Shaw not sleep with you last night?"
Her voice became sharp, and her words were especially crude and blunt.
More strangers' attention immediately shifted to Xenia.
Even the doorman standing by raised his eyebrows and gave Xenia an odd, scrutinizing look.
Selena was convinced of her guess.
With a sneer, she asked Xenia, "Did Mr. Shaw find you disgusting after we all left last night, and coldly throw you out of the room?"
"So you didn't actually have s*x with Mr. Shaw last night, and now you're here looking like a ridiculous clown!"
"You came to a place like this, what are you trying to do? Could it be... you heard that the Golden Bay Hotel is very luxurious and plan to latch onto another rich old man?"
"It must be like that!"
Selena was ecstatic. "How could Mr. Shaw choose you? Why would he! Sure enough, you weren't f****d, and Mr. Shaw has abandoned you!"
"It's not what you think." Xenia finally had a chance to speak, but she couldn't bring herself to tell her that Mr. Shaw had indeed had s*x with her and they had made love passionately all night.
So, all she could say was, "I'm here because Mr. Shaw invited me to have dinner, but he'll be arriving a little later."
Selena sneered!
She mocked, "Xenia, you're just saving your pitiful dignity. Who would believe you?"
"If you really became Mr. Shaw's woman, would you still be wearing that ugly outfit from last night?"
Selena stared at Xenia's innocent and beautiful face, a malicious thought suddenly crossed her mind.
She said loudly, "If Mr. Shaw had s*x with you last night, there should be marks on you right now, right? Then let everyone see!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Selena shot out her hand like lightning and grabbed Xenia's T-shirt!
She stood right in front of Xenia, who had no idea she would make such a move.
In an instant, Selena tore Xenia's T-shirt right in front of everyone!!!
It was the cheapest T-shirt from the supermarket, and the fabric was indeed very poor. As Selena tugged at it, the T-shirt ripped open with a huge tear!
...Exposing the entire right shoulder of Xenia.
The tear extended so wide that it nearly exposed her full breast to everyone!
Oh my god!
Fortunately, Xenia reacted quickly as well. She suddenly raised her left hand and pressed down on the torn T-shirt, narrowly averting the crisis of her upper body being fully exposed.
But at the same time...
The entire room fell silent.
Because... on Xenia's exposed right shoulder, there were dense, dark purple hickeys!
The varying depths of the marks made it clear that the man had kissed her forcefully.
Moreover, people could vaguely make out that the deep hickeys continued down to her chest...
Selena, who had been smirking and wanting to expose Xenia's body to everyone, was now frozen.
She saw the hickeys all over Xenia's body, and that meant... her assumptions were completely overturned! Mr. Shaw had indeed had s*x with Xenia last night!
In front of the Golden Bay Hotel, the fragile woman was covering herself, standing there in embarrassment.
At that moment, a cold, stern male voice suddenly rang out.
"Xenia, come over to me right now!"
It was Alexander. He had arrived!