Chapter 260

Scarlett's heart skipped a beat, but she replied as if nothing happened, "Nope." "Aren't you curious why I treat Percy so well even though we're not related?" Xavier asked. Of course she was curious! She was practically dying to know. But how could she dare to ask? She wasn't stupid and had long sensed there was some hidden secret here. But if she asked about it, wouldn't that make her look nosy? "Isn't Percy your family? Just like me, we're both your family," Scarlett replied deliberately. Xavier suddenly laughed out loud. Scarlett couldn't tell whether he was laughing at the first thing she said or the second. After a moment, Xavier said, "You and I may be family, but we're not related by blood." Scarlett instinctively thought that Percy and Xavier weren't related by blood either, so what was the difference? But then, Xavier's following sentence almost short-circuited her brain. "Percy is my blood relative." Scarlett was beyond confused. Her hand paused in shock as she was m