Selim is not looked down upon because of who she is, but her pretentious and annoying behavior just makes it impossible to like her.

That’s why, no matter what Selim does, it always appears the same way to her—annoying.

She has befriended girls from average or even worse family backgrounds before, but she’s never been driven to the brink like she is with Selim.

Still, since Selim is Laura Jones’s friend, as long as she doesn’t do anything too outrageous, she’ll let her be.

But in the next second, she sees Selim looking at her with a concerned expression, saying:

"Hannah Taylor, this place is so expensive. Are you sure it’s not too much of a burden for Laura to host us here?"

Hannah paused slightly while playing with the toothpick, the smile on her face fading a bit.

This chick can’t even wait to start stirring shit up, can she?

Is it because Hannah’s been acting too nice lately, making her forget the gap in their social power?

Even Laura Jones, sitting beside, had a bit of an annoyed look on her face.

She’s not stupid enough to miss the instigating undertone in Selim’s words.

If she was truly worried about the cost, she wouldn’t have ordered more than twenty dishes earlier, all of which are the most expensive ones on the menu.

She frowned and even began to wonder if she was right to have been so eager to "rescue Selim from her plight" by inviting her to live at her place.

Hannah Taylor is not someone who would let others take advantage of her without retaliating. If Selim thinks she can get something out of this, that’s absolutely impossible.

However, since Laura Jones is the one hosting, and Selim is her guest, she didn’t want to make things difficult for Laura. She didn’t openly break the peace and just casually smiled and said:

"Yes, you’re right. I originally thought the food here was delicious and wanted you to try it. It wasn’t until I saw the menu that I remembered it’s not cheap, so I just ordered the cheapest dishes here."

She glanced at Selim with a half-smile, then turned to Laura Jones and said:

"Laura, I hope I didn’t cost you too much?"

Hannah knows she might be a bit of a dunce in academics, but she’s pretty good at reading people.

Laura Jones usually keeps a low profile, but the aura cultivated by one’s upbringing is noticeably different.

This difference is not just in appearance or demeanor, but in a charisma that radiates from within.

Besides, for someone living in Cloud Thunder’s area, eating here isn’t a big deal—they could afford to dine here every day if they wanted.

She knows Laura Jones can afford it, which is why she brought her here. The dishes they ordered aren’t made with some outrageously rare ingredients. Though pricier than regular market dishes, they’re not excessively so.

But Selim, despite her talk about being considerate of Laura’s expenses, ordered all the priciest nourishing soups meant for older wealthy women to maintain their youth and beauty.

These soups use ingredients that are worth a fortune, limited in quantity, expensive, and require a chef’s skill, naturally raising the price.

People their age wouldn’t normally order such things.

She ordered so many dishes at once that even the waiter advised against it, yet she didn’t ask to cancel. Now she’s talking about costs.