In an instant, Xyla Quest felt as if she had exhausted a current of electricity in the deepest part of her heart.

Her entire heart felt numb.

***

The next morning, when Xyla opened her eyes, Stanley Batton was no longer by her side.

She subconsciously reached out and touched her side, only to find that it was cold.

That meant he had been up for a long time.

After getting out of bed with much difficulty, she put on simple makeup and went to Quest Group for the company’s regular group meeting.

After the group meeting, she held a separate meeting for the sales department and the design department that she managed.

During this period when her father was not around in the company, her scope of work had expanded a lot.

She heard that her father had been very relaxed lately. He had been traveling a lot to relax his mind.

In their WeChat conversation, there were either screenshots of daily work-related things or pictures from her father while he was abroad. There were also all sorts