Right then, Stanley Batton was smoking in the driver’s seat with the car window rolled down halfway.With smoke around him, his face looked even more handsome.He was the kind of person people would feel stunningly attracted to at first sight.Xyla cheerfully held her trophy up as she looked at him. “Why did you come up on stage to give me this award? When was it decided? Why didn’t you tell me?” she asked.There was a light cigarette scent in the car.Stanley stubbed the cigarette out with one hand before tossing it into an ashtray nearby. He then lifted Xyla onto his lap. “Hmm. The organizers noticed I was there and greeted me. After that, they asked if I would like to give you a surprise, and I said yes…” Stanley explained.“You really are making it more obvious each time.” Xyla felt immensely joyful.“Are you happy?” Stanley asked.“Yeah… I was pleasantly surprised…” This was the first time Xyla played professionally. It was also the first time she won the championship and
“Team XS is awesome… Xyla Quest was literally the god of AD tonight.”“Who would’ve thought that Team IM would be defeated so badly?”When Xyla Quest read these comments, she couldn’t help but smile.It was the most charming smile ever.***After dropping Xyla off at Team XS’ base, he left.Xyla walked right into the base to celebrate with her team before returning home.Just as she arrived home, her phone started ringing.“You danced pretty well.” Josh Batton had tagged her in a Weibo post.With a confused look in her eyes, Xyla quickly opened Weibo.The first thing that came into sight was a video Josh forwarded from a marketing account. In the video, Xyla had a dance-off with a blonde lady.The video was quite lengthy, at about fifteen minutes. Moreover, it was very well recorded, and there was very little shaking in the footage.In the video, Xyla seemed to be full of life and incredibly sexy.After watching the video for a few minutes, Xyla clicked on the comment sect
“Yeah… I have one more document to go through…” Stanley Batton held Xyla Quest with one hand while he held a document in his other hand and continued reading it.All the documents he came into contact with contained highly confidential information in the company.However, Stanley never tried to stop Xyla from reading them.The documents were all in a foreign language. Since Xyla was fluent in it, she could read all of it.After reading through the document, Stanley decisively signed his name on it.It was a very cool signature, and it looked almost as good as him in person.After that, Stanley tossed the document onto the table before holding Xyla up and putting her down carefully on the table…Realizing what was about to happen next, Xyla immediately grabbed him by the collar with both hands. “Let’s not do it today.”However, before she even finished speaking, Stanley kissed her.***Meanwhile, in a luxurious van, Josh Batton crossed one leg over the other as he leaned lazil
He took another puff on his cigarette and gritted his teeth at the night skies. “Rachel… Where the hell are you… I miss you so much!”Buzz buzz buzz…Right at that moment, his phone vibrated again. Seeing Jean Hanson’s name on the screen, he sprang from the couch and answered the call right away. “Jean, is there any update about Rachel?”“Master Sebastian, I just found out that Miss Rachel has gone back to her hometown, Edgewater.” “Address. Give me her address now!”“I’ll send it to you on WeChat.”***Sebastian Brenand received the address from Jean within a second or two. Without hesitation, he took his private plane and flew to Edgewater.It was four o’clock in the morning when he arrived at her hometown. As soon as the plane landed, he rented a car at the airport and sped right to Rachel Wood’s house like a brat losing his mind. Rachel’s house was located in an ordinary neighborhood in the district. There was no one guarding the neighborhood. People could just w
Joy, grief, confusion, and bitterness. All kinds of feelings intertwined in an inextricable mass, stabbing at her heart mercilessly. Never in her life had she imagined that Sebastian Brenand would appear in her life again. For a moment, she did not know how to react to his arrival. Her feet were glued to the ground, unmovable. Their eyes met through the piece of black glass. This one glance seemed to last forever. Sebastian could not wait anymore. He immediately opened the car door and walked up to her. Rachel Wood started losing strength in her arms.In the next second, the garbage bag fell from her loosened grip to the ground. The garbage bag hit her foot, and only then did she come back to her senses. “Ra… Rachel… You… How are you?” Sebastian pulled her into his arms, agitatedly. “I have finally found you… Do you know how much I missed you when you were not around?” Sebastian was speaking incoherently out of excitement. His words were as unexpected as his arriva
She could not do that… She really could not do that!Sebastian Brenand was still gazing at the tightly closed door downstairs. His heart was empty once more. On the way here, he had imagined many scenarios of himself and Rachel Wood meeting in his head. He thought that she would come back to him as long as he admitted his mistakes. Unexpectedly, she rejected him without even thinking about it. Her tears told him that she still loved him. So, why did she reject him if she loved him? Was it because she did not trust him anymore?No matter what the reason was, he was not going to give up so easily. Suddenly, a resident came out of the building. Immediately, he charged at the main entrance and ran upstairs. He ran straight up to Rachel’s house. Noticing there was no doorbell, he quickly knocked on the door. In the living room, Rachel curled up on the couch and cried in despair. When she heard the knocking on the door, she instantly knew who was standing out there.
“There’s some trouble with the branch office in Country Y. I have to go there.” Stanley Batton’s voice was steady, and his eyes only expressed calmness. “What happened?” Xyla Quest’s chest was heavy. “One of the phone models exploded.” Upon hearing that, Xyla shuddered instantaneously. “What?”If the accident went viral, it would be the end of the brand and the company.“Don’t worry. I’ll go there to find out the cause and solve the matter. The accident is suppressed so far. Nobody will make a big deal about it,” Stanley explained. “Hurry up then. I’ll help you to pack your luggage.” Following that statement, Xyla moved her weak body to the edge of the bed. Nonetheless, as soon as she got up, the man lunged forward and pulled her back to the bed again. He wrapped his long arms around her and gently kissed her forehead. “Forget it. Look at yourself. Get some rest, okay? I’ll do it myself.” “Hey, I can do it…” Xyla was not convinced. “I won’t let you do it anyway,” he spo
“When I saw the lovey-dovey clip of him and his wife on Weibo yesterday, I thought it was just a deliberate attempt to build a good self-image.”“Same here. I totally didn’t expect them to be so sweet in real life. I’m stunned.” “That girl is my life goal, man…”***When Xyla Quest returned to the airport terminal, she heard a bunch of girls screaming frantically. “Josh Batton!!! Ahhhhhhhh!!!”“Brother Joshhhhhh!!! I love you!!!”“My boy! Mommy loves you!!!”The screams pierced through her eardrums, sending a prickle down her spine. Xyla subconsciously glanced in the direction where the irritating noises came from, and she was surprised to find a huge crowd. There were at least thousands of people in the distance. She could not even see where Josh Batton was. All that came into her view were the frenzied looks of Josh’s fans. All of them were so excited as if they were celebrating the New Year. Their faces and necks turned cherry red as they shouted at their beloved