Chapter 165

"I know I cracked it with my teeth, but I swear it didn't touch any of my saliva. It's completely clean," Scarlett explained helplessly. Seeing that Xavier still had no intention of eating it, she sighed and took the sunflower kernel from his palm, tossing it into her own mouth. Xavier immediately panicked, frowning. "Wasn't that for me?" "I'll shell another one for you," Scarlett replied, cracking a new one with her fingertips. "This one's clean." Xavier's brows remained furrowed. Afraid she might eat this one too, he quickly closed his hand around the sunflower kernel. Scarlett was speechless. So, even hand-shelled ones were unacceptable? Well, there was no helping that. She gave up and returned to munching her own sunflower seeds. But thinking of how pitiful germaphobes must be, she compromised. "I'll shell some peanuts for you instead. They're still in the shell, so they're definitely clean." Setting aside the sunflower seeds, she picked up some peanuts and carefully shell