Chapter 426

All eyes were on Xavier when he finally asked in a low and steady voice, "Does your watch track heart rate?" Annabeth froze. "What?" Xavier tapped his own watch face, and instantly, a screen lit up showing his heart rate and other body metrics. "This one does," he said flatly. "Does yours?" Annabeth leaned over to look, and her face flushed red. "N-no…" He sounded faintly regretful. "Dominic, put it away. I appreciate the thought." She bit her lip, reluctantly handing the watch to Dominic. She was kicking herself now. Why hadn't she added a monitoring feature? She'd just lost the perfect chance. The whole table had different reactions. Her parents even shot her a sharp look, silently blaming her for not doing her homework before making such an extravagant watch worth tens of billions, only to hand it over and get nothing in return. The women watching from a distance let out a collective sigh of relief. They were grateful Xavier hadn't accepted it personally. Having an assistan