Xyla Quest felt her baby kicking again.The warm sensation spread from her stomach to the rest of her body.Presently, she felt boundless energy all over her body.Her feelings of exhaustion had disappeared completely, feeling as if she had only just woken up in the morning.Xyla was a little surprised by this strange feeling, uncertain why she would feel like this when her baby kicked her in the stomach.This was something Xyla had never discovered.Right then, Stanley Batton walked up to her. “The bath is ready, Darling.”Xyla gently rubbed her stomach and gazed at him. “Our baby just kicked.”His gaze softened significantly when he heard this.He splayed his hand on her stomach with a loving look in his eyes. “We’ll be able to meet each other very soon.”Right then, Xyla felt the baby kicking gently again, right at the spot where Stanley was touching.He instantly felt his heart melting.“Can the baby sense that I’m touching your stomach? I could feel the baby kicking,”
Xyla Quest nodded. “I’ll do it myself.”“I’ll peel it for you,” Stanley Batton told her.“But I would like to eat the roasted sweet potatoes first,” she said.“You can have it first.”Xyla happily began to eat a sweet potato after peeling one.The sweet potatoes Zack Cassidy bought were all tiny but sweet.Outside, it was snowing.It felt right to be eating roasted sweet potatoes on a snowy day like this.After taking two bites, Xyla brought the sweet potato close to Stanley’s mouth. “Here, have a taste. It's really sweet.”He slowly took a bite. “Yeah, you can eat this. I don’t really like them.”While Xyla ate without care, Stanley started peeling the stir-fried, sugary chestnuts for her.It was such an ordinary moment, yet she felt extraordinarily happy.Happiness should be simple like that.After finishing the sweet potatoes, she started on the chestnuts Stanley had peeled.Without realizing it, she ended up eating everything.She rubbed her stomach guiltily upon rea
A notification popped up on Alex’s computer screen right then. 'Summer has invited you to join her team.'Alex’s calm and sullen eyes instantly lit up.He smiled and accepted the invitation, knowing that it was a nickname Xyla Quest recently started using.It was etched in his heart.At that moment, his teammates were all focused on their games without noticing this happening.The matching process was completed speedily after Alex entered the game.Their team members were all high-ranking players from the Korean server.They became very excited when they saw Alex—“Support, Jungler, both of you stay at the top lane to help Alex,” Momo wrote.“Got it. As the Jungler, I will stay at the top lane and help Alex in every way I can!” Bao wrote.“Alex, I’m playing Support. I’ll stay in the top lane too,” Lin wrote.Meanwhile, Xyla immediately responded when she saw what they wrote—“Jungler can stay at the top lane on his own. Support should come with me,” Summer wrote.“Why? C
With her perfect maneuvers and the help of Lin, her Support, Xyla Quest was able to kill their two opponents in the bottom lane behind the enemy tower within five minutes of the game.“Xyla, you really do have god-like moves. Can I add you as my friend later?” Lin asked.Although she had said some awful things to Xyla earlier, she didn’t mind because she was quite a good player.Xyla immediately responded. “Okay, sure.”“Thank you, Xyla. If you ever want to play next time, I’m willing to do anything to help you,” Lin wrote.Her team managed to destroy the enemy’s top and bottom lanes in ten minutes. The game ended in fifteen.Everyone in the team showered her with praises, sending her friend requests, which she accepted.All five team members played another match because of how much fun they had together.The praises for her performance kept coming.After winning three consecutive games, Xyla logged out before texting Alex on WeChat. “I’m going to sleep. You guys should rest,
Alex didn’t want to ruin the balance and peace he had right now or allow himself to mess things up.There was no point.Aside from making things awkward between him and Xyla Quest, nothing good would come out of it.Therefore, he would let things be.He would secretly love her, look at her, and do everything he could for her as her friend and team member. He’d do anything to make her happy.Sometimes, loving someone didn’t mean having to possess that person.Seeing Xyla happy was a form of happiness for Alex, too.While he’d feel jealous of Stanley Batton sometimes, he knew that nobody else would be good enough for Xyla other than him.When his teammates heard what he said, they sighed in relief and stopped gossiping about him.“That’s great, or we’d be troubled.”“You scared me there, but that’s great.”“I thought you had a crush on our boss. It’s good that you don’t.”“It's one thing that our boss is married. With her status, ordinary gamers like us should not even consid
Xyla Quest rubbed her belly gently, a strong sense of joy filling her heart.Stanley Batton strolled in just as she was about to turn off the lights, attired casually in black and looking elegant and tall.He laid down next to her after turning off the lights, his arms wrapped around her. “Why were you playing this late? Don’t you have work tomorrow?”“I do, I just haven’t played for a long time. I couldn’t resist it,” she answered.“Are you still a child?” Stanley sounded somewhat helpless. “I really couldn’t resist it. I had far too fun,” she said.“Such a kid.”He rubbed his chin against the top of her head, smelling the light scent of roses as he hugged her tightly in his arms.Inhaling deeply, he gently kissed her on the lips. “I’ll wait until after the baby is born.”He tightened his hug. “Let’s sleep, kiddo.”Xyla’s heart was beating rapidly, but she remained quiet. Closing her eyes, she leaned against his chest. She fell asleep to the beats of his heart and the sound
“No way!" Georgie Clementine exclaimed. "Henry wants to invite you and Stanley to dinner tonight at eight. We’ll go to the new western restaurant on the top floor of Goldfield Plaza.” Xyla Quest did a quick mental overview of her schedule, determining that she was free that night.However, she wasn’t sure if her husband, Stanley Batton, was free.“I’m fine with that, but I’m not too sure if my husband is available,” she said.“In that case, will you please check with him? Henry is inviting Sebastian and Josh as well,” Georgie told her. "He intends to gather everyone together."“Hmm, all right.”After chatting briefly with Georgie, Xyla hung up and proceeded downstairs.She could smell the fragrant aroma of toasts from the living room, so she followed it into the kitchen. There, she found Stanley carefully cutting toasts, with a black apron covering over his black attire.He looked homely yet noble.Xyla stepped forward immediately. “Good morning, Honey.”“Good morning.”“
Georgie Clementine wore a white fur coat over a white turtleneck sweater and pants with a pair of white boots.She appeared noble and pure.Georgie walked up to the women, greeting Sophie first before gazing at Xyla.“I have no idea what Henry is doing. He said he might be late and told me to come over first.“He wouldn’t tell me what he was tied up with when I asked, and yet he was the one who set this get-together up. But now, he ended up being late," Georgie complained while rolling her eyes and shaking her head. "Don’t you think this guy is completely unreliable?”Xyla chuckled and held her hand. “Something might have cropped up at work.”“Hmm, perhaps. Let’s not talk about him, though, and go inside first” Georgie said.She held the two ladies' hands before leading them into the mall.The three of them made a pretty sight, attracting the attention of countless men and women.As soon as they stepped into the mall, they were stunned by what they saw inside.The entire mall