[Z O'nier]
"I'm using my own money," Zoe said, still not sparing them a glance.
With just her words, the mother-daughter pair couldn't say anything more.
"Zoe, where did you get the money?! Did you sell yourself?!" Sophia said, eyes wide with fake curiosity.
A series of gasped echoed in the lobby.
Sophia covered her mouth, looking at Zoe with an apologetic face as if she didn't mean to say those words out loud.
Zoe's eyes slid to Sophia with silent mockery before shifting her gaze to Nicholas with a smirk on her face.
"Where indeed?" she said with a knowing smile.
Nicholas yanked his collar and cleared his throat. "Sophie, it must be because Zoe sold her paintings."
