Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

On the other end of the phone, Xyla Quest was still on the edge of her seat. She clutched the phone tightly in her hand and she
could not take her eyes off the phone screen. She could not slack off, not in the slightest, she must wait for his call.
The people sent out to look for Stanley Batton had not come back and reported to her by now. Something must have gone
wrong.
Right that moment, her phone ran out of battery and automatically shut down. She went to find a phone charger at once.
It was then that she realized she did not carry a charger with her all this while. Without hesitation, she called out to the people
outside of her ward to help search for a phone charger. She would never let her phone die at this point. She could not bear
missing any news about Stanley.
Her heart was racing and she felt that it was pounding out of her chest.
On the other side, Stanley Batton locked his phone and shoved it back into his pocket after noticing that Xyla’s phone was off.
“What’s going on?” Sebastian Brenand asked.
“Her phone shut down. Forget it, let’s go to the hospital first.” Stanley answered.
“Alright then.” Henry Armstrong said.
“Oh yeah, Sebastian, please warn the inspector not to talk any nonsense in front of Xyla. He must know what to say and what to
keep quiet about.” Stanley turned to look at Sebastian.
Sebastian snapped his fingers in delight. “You don’t want our identities to be exposed, right? Yeah I get it, no worries.”
“I don’t get it, brother, why exactly do you want to hide about it?” Henry looked puzzled.
Stanley did not answer but glanced at Zack and continued, “Look for the evidence of the crimes that Fred Thomson’s father and
uncle ever did. Publish them as soon as possible. You have one day to do so.”
“Yes...” Zack nodded politely.
***

Xyla Quest had been waiting for half an hour but there was no sign of the phone charger. Her heart was already in a mess and
she was getting more impetuous now. She frowned impatiently and commanded at the people outside the door, “Come here.”
She sounded cold and her tone, too, was a little unpleasant. Soon, the door opened.
“Who upsets you? Hmm?”
A familiar voice flowed into the ward. Xyla’s heart fluttered and turned to face the door rapidly. There was a stunning man smiling
faintly in front of her.
Henry and Sebastian were standing behind him, too. The gloomy clouds surrounding her had all vanished. Her hanging heart
had finally returned to peace.
Xyla jumped off her bed immediately and ran towards Stanley. She threw her arms around his neck emotionally and pressed
their chests together. “Where have you been? I thought you faced some trouble!”
Henry and Sebastian exchanged looks of glee.
Xyla swung her left arm a little too excessive, causing the wound on her shoulder to be pulled apart. The pain that pricked her
bones like a needle finally made her return to her senses. It was only then she realized how embarrassing she was. She
released Stanley instantly but the sudden rosiness on her cheeks gave her away.
She had butterflies in her stomach as her heart skipped a beat once again.
The pain from her wound was still spreading across her body. She lifted her head awkwardly and found a pair of beaming eyes
staring at her. Perhaps she rarely noticed the genuity in his eyes, she lost herself unintentionally for a short while.
For a moment, she could not feel the pain in her body anymore. It was as if his gaze was the best painkiller in the world.
“I don’t know you were so worried about me. Hmm?” Stanley lowered his chin, quirking his eyebrows and smirking slightly as he
stared at Xyla’s face.
His dark eyes caught her heart, tightly and firmly, like an invisible net.