“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
The car window moved up quickly. In the end, Bailey Ronson had no other choice but to let go of the window.As soon as her hands were removed from the car window, Xyla Quest pressed the pedal to the metal, getting away from her as far as possible.On the other side, Stanley Batton was silently watching the two of them in his Bentley Arnage.Bailey walked up to the Bentley Arnage without hesitation, trying to change her target to Stanley.However, Stanley directly drove past Bailey, not even bothering to look at her.Staring at the receding cars ahead, the initial sincerity and gentleness on Bailey’s face disappeared instantly and were replaced by coldness and hatred.She stomped her foot and gritted her teeth, her hands gradually balling into fists. “Xyla, you little b*tch… I’ll definitely teach you a lesson after settling my trouble! Don’t think that I’m afraid of you.”If it was not for Xyla and Stanley having the goods on the Sullivan family, would she have to come all the wa
“Your brother told me that your dad won’t be able to go on that day. I guess he’s busy?” explained Xyla Quest.“I don’t think so. Please do me a favor. I’m sure Dad will agree to go if you ask him to.” “I’ll try. Why don’t you ask him yourself?” Xyla asked curiously.“He won’t give a damn about me. When I first joined the entertainment industry, Dad clearly didn’t support my decision. He had even kicked me out of the house. However, he knew that I wasn’t going to back down as well. It was only after my mom’s unceasing effort that we reconciled, and I returned to our home again.“Though he allowed me to go back that night, I’m aware that my dad isn’t really supportive of my career throughout these years. He always hopes that I can be part of Dragon Group. Even if I don’t help out at Dragon Group, he hopes that I can establish my own company or something.“He always thinks that being a celebrity isn’t a ‘proper’ job, that all I do every day is messing around. In his opinion, my han