The woman didn’t dare to refuse. She swallowed the pill right away, frowning as she did so because of the bitter taste.“Your gut has been poisoned. Without the antidote, the poison will make your gut rot away, and you’ll die in seven days. As long as you do as I say, and once Michael is dead, I’ll get someone to send you the antidote…” Christopher Lancelot said.The woman nodded furiously with a fearful look in her eyes…Without saying anything else, Christopher uncuffed the woman. “Before you go, clean this place up…”“Yes…” The woman said with a respectful nod.After that, Christopher slowly stood up and opened the door as if nothing happened. He looked over at Xyla, who stood by the entrance.Lazily, Christopher leaned against the door and watched her. He still seemed like a thug. “What a coincidence that I bumped into you here… You used to go out with a group of people… Why are you alone today? In fact, you nearly…” Xyla trailed off. Something bad nearly happened to him.“I
“What exactly is it?” Xyla Quest asked.“Nothing… I have to go…” Christopher Lancelot chuckled.“Tell me, what is it?” Xyla wouldn’t stop asking.Now that she was curious, not being able to get an answer made her feel terribly awful…“Don’t overthink. There’s nothing to it…” Christopher ruffled her hair before walking away.“Does Stanley have another woman out there?” Xyla asked.She didn’t think this was possible.“No…” Christopher said.“What is it then? Christopher, tell me…” Xyla said.“Nothing. It accidentally slipped out of my mouth wrongly. I have to go…” With that, Christopher turned around and left.However, Xyla’s doubts didn’t go away just because he was gone.What was Christopher trying to ask her?Xyla couldn’t understand despite how hard she thought about it. It felt as if her mind clouded with doubts.Right then, the door to the room nearby opened.Georgie Clementine walked out.When Georgie saw Xyla, she smiled. “I’ve been waiting for you all day. Why are
After the car engine was turned on, Christopher Lancelot slowly closed his eyes and began to rest.“Master Lancelot… Xyla Quest is surrounded by a group of bodyguards lately. Do our people still need to protect her secretly?” Tucker asked as he glanced at Christopher, who sat in the back, through the rearview mirror.Christopher slowly opened his eyes. He was tapping his thigh gently with one finger. “Yeah…”“Okay,” Tucker said.“Has anything bad happened to Xyla recently?” Christopher asked.“No,” Tucker said.Christopher didn’t say anything else. Instead, he silently closed his eyes again.“Master Lancelot… To be honest, you don’t have to be so nice to her. She will never be yours,” Tucker said.“You’re nosy,” Christopher said.Tucker immediately shut up and didn’t dare say another word.“Oh, right… Has Xyla faced any challenge in her business?” Christopher asked.“Not really…” Tucker said.“Hmm.” Christopher became completely quiet after that.There wasn’t a single soun
“That’s good,” Xyla Quest said.“What about you. Did you miss me?” Stanley Batton asked.“Yeah, I do…” Xyla answered honestly.“Be a good girl and wait for me. I’ll come back as soon as I’m done with work. Do you want any gifts?” Stanley said.“Can I ask for anything?” Xyla asked.“I’ll give you anything you want,” Stanley said.“Can you give me the stars in the sky if that’s what I wanted?” Xyla said jokingly.“That’s way too easy. Once they discover a new star in the galaxy, I’ll purchase it and name it after you…” Stanley said.Xyla immediately felt warmth spreading in her heart when she heard this. “I was just kidding. I don’t want anything but you…”When they finished talking, it was already eleven o’clock.Xyla went into the shower to wash her hair and to clean off the soap bubbles all over her body. After that, she wrapped herself in a white bathrobe and quickly stood in front of the dressing table.Once she dried her hair, she applied some skincare product on her fac
“I zoned out all of a sudden…” Sebastian Brenand said.Gradually, their car moved away from the scene of the accident. Through the rearview mirror, Xyla Quest could see that the traffic police had arrived.The crowd surrounding the car was getting larger.“You really are something… Don’t you know that you have to pay full attention while you’re driving?” Xyla said.“Alright, stop nagging at me, Xyla. I’m fine, anyway. Let me be quiet for a while…” Sebastian said.Xyla was speechless.She drove Sebastian to the nearest hotel, Palace Hotel.Once the car stopped, Sebastian let out a helpless sigh. “Thank you, Xyla. I’ll get going then…” he said.“Don’t you need me to help you sort things out?” Xyla asked.“It’s okay. The traffic police will come to me… Besides, I didn’t hurt anyone. There’s nothing much to deal with…” With that, Sebastian waved at Xyla and turned around to leave.“Sebastian…” Xyla couldn’t help but call out.“What is it?” Sebastian suddenly stopped walking and
Seeing Sebastian Brenand like this made Xyla Quest feel very sad.***After arriving at the office, Xyla took the elevator to her office.Since there wasn’t much work to be done in the morning, she took her unfinished blueprint from her drawer and continued to draw on it.She had a very serious expression on her face.Buzz buzz buzz...After drawing for a short while, Xyla’s phone started to vibrate again.There was a notification from Weibo News on the screen.“A luxury car worth tens of millions destroyed. The owner left without turning back…”As soon as Xyla saw this title, she could sense that they were talking about Sebastian. Hence, she quickly clicked on the link to carefully go through the entire post on Weibo.“Just an hour ago, for some unknown reason, a limited-edition Lamborghini crashed into a tree. Although the car was severely damaged, its owner didn’t seem to care. Instead, he looked down and made a call. After that, he got into the car of his good friend, Xyl
Gary Lakes’ name appeared on the screen.“What do you want?” Sebastian Brenand picked up the phone while kicking his slippers away. He then tucked himself under the white duvet and closed his eyes.“Are you back from Edgewater? When did you come back? How did you get into a car accident?” Gary was leaning against the railing on his balcony as he smoked. He was also looking down at the garden full of flowers in bloom.“I came back last night… Hmm. I’m fine, but the car isn’t…” Sebastian said.Gary took a deep breath. “Well… Did you see Rachel? Didn’t you two patch things up? Why do you look so terrible?” he asked carefully.“Stop talking about it. She’s already married. We’ll talk over drinks tonight. I’m hanging up…” Sebastian said before directly hanging up the phone.Gary frowned slightly. After looking at his phone screen for a while, he shifted his gaze back to the flowers in his garden. “Rachel Wood…” He murmured to himself.There was an indescribable sense of disappointmen
Under everyone’s gaze, Xyla Quest slowly walked up the stage. She went directly over to the standing microphone and stood in front of it, next to Emily Quest. Xyla then picked up the microphone on the computer table and looked at the crowd.“Welcome, everyone, to our blueprint design competition… I’m sure all of you know the rules. I shan’t explain further… Let the selection process begin…” Xyla said.“Sister… Where’s the designer you found? Isn’t she coming?” Emily asked.“That designer is me… Aren’t I here?” Xyla chuckled.Emily seemed horrified and shocked…The crowd went silent.Very soon, everyone began talking amongst themselves.“What’s going on? Does Chief Xyla know how to design blueprints?”“I don’t know… I’ve never heard about it before…”“If she even knows how to do this, she’s really impressive…”When May Conner heard this, she laughed sarcastically and walked over to Jeremy before sitting next to him.Xyla had never learned anything about architectural design.