Xyla Quest immediately nodded. She felt the same way too.“Alright. Let’s not talk about this. You don’t have to worry, alright?” Stanley Batton ruffled her hair affectionately again.Xyla nodded before turning up the music in the car.Coincidentally, a song that Stanley sang before, ‘From Now On’, was playing.“From now on, be there wild winds or calmness, poverty or wealth, you will always be in the bottom of my heart and my eyes.”The original singer’s voice made the song sound very good. Coupled with the moving lyrics, it made Xyla’s heart feel warm.However, she still felt that Stanley’s rendition of it was the best.“I think that you sing better than him,” Xyla said with a chuckle.“Oh?” Stanley turned to look at Xyla with a seemingly faint smile on his face.Although the view outside was very pretty, Xyla found Stanley way more attractive.In that instant, she felt as if she would soon drown in his eyes.“Hmm… So, can you sing it for me?” Xyla turned the music off.S
“Darling, you’re the only person who can make me do something like this,” Stanley Batton said affectionately.When Xyla heard this, she found it very sweet from the bottom of her heart. “Is that true?”“Do you think anyone else can make me do that?” Stanley asked.“I guess not…” Xyla said.Stanley smiled widely without saying anything.At that moment, the traffic light turned green. Their red Maserati continued to move forward.“Would you like to go shopping?” Stanley asked when he saw Goldfield Plaza by the side of the road.“No. I’m feeling tired today.” Xyla shook her head.“Alright then…”“What’s the matter? Do you want to buy something?” Xyla asked.“No. I just want to buy things for you,” Stanley said.That felt heart-warming to Xyla.Her husband was very nice to her.“It’s alright. There’s nothing I want to buy for now…” Xyla said.“Okay.”Stanley didn’t say anything else as he kept one hand on the steering wheel and reached out to her with his other hand.Xyla o
“Soon after they lived together, Catherine was born. They had a pretty happy life together, but it didn’t last. When she was three, her parents were run over and killed by a large truck on their way home after working in the fields. Back then, nobody in the family knew about it, and there wasn’t a single person in the village who knew my uncle’s real identity.“Hence, the village chief sent Catherine to an orphanage. When Catherine turned seven, my grandfather missed my uncle so much that he sent my father to look for him in the village. However, the village folks told my father that my uncle and his wife had died.“They also informed my father that Catherine was sent to an orphanage. Hence, my father hurried over to the orphanage and brought Catherine home. He treated her like his daughter ever since,” Stanley Batton explained.When Stanley talked about these things, he couldn’t help but recall the first time Catherine came to their house. He remembered the day she came to their fa
“Isn’t that normal?” Gary Lakes rested his arm over Sebastian Brenand’s shoulders while ushering him into the bar. “He already has a family. How could he behave like us?” Gary asked.“I’ve never seen Stanley treating a woman like this before. Xyla truly is special… She’s something else,” Sebastian said.“Isn’t that right?” Gary added.After hanging the phone up, Stanley Batton removed his earphones, put them in his pockets, and looked at Xyla. “Would you like to go out tomorrow night?” He asked.“Sure. But it’s a gathering between you and your friends. Would you guys feel uncomfortable if I were there?” Xyla nodded.“No…” Stanley said.“Alright,” Xyla nodded and said. She then continued to hold Stanley’s hand tightly.“Oh, right. I already know Sebastian’s identity. What about Henry and Gary? Who are they?” Xyla couldn’t suppress her curiosity when she thought about these people.“They are quite similar to Sebastian…” Stanley said.Xyla understood instantly and didn’t press on
When Xyla Quest saw how serious Stanley Batton looked, she felt very proud from the bottom of her heart.She was fortunate to have met such a wonderful person like him after going through so much hardships on her own.Although Stanley was like a divine being who ruled over the rest of the population, he was willing to get off his high horse and do the most mundane things in the world for Xyla. For example, he cooked for her.When Stanley looked up, his eyes immediately met with Xyla’s gentle gaze.He instantly held her up and placed her on his lap. “Why are you staring at me? Do you want sex?”Xyla’s heart shuddered at the question. Her body began to feel hot, and she couldn’t help but blush. “Stanley, can’t you think of more appropriate things?”“How are my thoughts inappropriate now?” Stanley asked.“You’re a jerk. Mmphh…”Before Xyla could finish her sentence, Stanley pressed his lips against hers.As soon as that happened, everything became a mess.“Beep, beep, beep…” Xyl
“She must be calling to apologize…” Xyla Quest said.“Yeah. Are you going to forgive her?” Stanley Batton exhaled a puff of smoke before lifting her hand and giving it a gentle peck.“I’m not keen on forgiving her. She doesn’t deserve it,” Xyla said nonchalantly.Xyla knew all too well how the Sullivan family and Bailey Ronson were.If she forgave Bailey this time, she would definitely do something like this again.This time, it was clear that Bailey was bent on destroying her. If Xyla let it slide and forgave Bailey, Xyla might just think that something was wrong with her brain.Bailey had never been an easy person to deal with.“Okay.” Stanley gently pulled Xyla into his embrace with one hand while he held onto his cigarette with the other.“Forget it. Let’s take a shower after you’re done smoking. I feel much better now,” Xyla added.“Alright,” Stanley said.After Stanley was done smoking, he carried Xyla into the bathroom to take a shower.Throughout the process, Stanley
“No…” Stanley Batton said before hugging Xyla Quest tightly, and the two engaged in a passionate exchange.After a long while, Stanley finally let go of Xyla and carried her into the bathroom to get themselves cleaned up.Once they were done, Stanley chirpily headed downstairs to make breakfast.Meanwhile, Xyla dragged her exhausted body over to the dressing table and sat in front of it.When she looked at her reflection in the mirror, she noticed the red markings all over her body. A sense of devastation filled her.Xyla realized there was a lot of covering up to do.After a long, frustrated sigh, she poured a little bit of toner onto her hands and patted it against her face.Beep, beep, beep…Right then, her phone began to ring on the bed.Xyla immediately stood up and continued to pat her face while she walked over to the bed to pick up her phone.When she saw that the call was from her father, she smiled gently. She answered the call before returning to the dressing table
“Yeah,” Stanley Batton replied calmly.“You should let her in. We have to ask her about a few things,” Xyla Quest said.“She won’t be leaving. Let’s have our breakfast in peace first,” Stanley said as he placed a sandwich in front of Xyla.“Okay,” she said.***After breakfast, Xyla and Stanley went out together.Right then, Bailey was still waiting in front of the main entrance.When Bailey saw Xyla’s car approaching, she immediately ran in front of the car and extended her arms frantically to block Xyla from leaving.In the next second, Xyla’s red Maserati and Stanley’s black Bentley Arnage came to a halt simultaneously.Xyla frowned slightly before lowering the window on her side and glared at Bailey coldly.Bailey quickly walked over to Xyla’s side and tried to open the door to her car but to no avail.“Aunt Bailey, what made you suddenly think of investigating my husband? Did someone tell you something about him? Or did they give you some unreliable information?” Xyla a