Felix froze, then gave a wry smile. "Is it fun joking with someone who just recovered from a near-death experience?"

But Xena's expression remained serious. "Do I look like I'm joking?"

When Felix collapsed bleeding last night, Xena felt her heart shatter. Only then did she realize her true feelings for him. Those were feelings she had been denying all along.

"Yes, I am materialistic, but not mindlessly so! Reality has shown us countless examples of why matching social status matters! I have the looks, figure, and status of the goddess of war. Is it wrong of me to want a better partner?"

Felix suddenly realized he had no counterargument. He remembered a news story about a man who worked to put his girlfriend through school. After she earned her doctorate, they married, but the marriage lasted barely two years.

According to her, they had lost their common ground. Their vast status difference had created an unbridgeable gap in their worldviews.

The internet had split opinions