She shouldn't have put that much faith in Five Batton. She should have hinted more times to him and not just once.

It was far too late for that. Trouble was already at their doorstep.

Outsiders would definitely have started criticizing her. Who knows how many people were already laughing at her behind her back.

As for her father. She knew he would die from rage as soon as he saw the news.

Her family would be in chaos.

Thinking about it, Xyla Quest's brows furrowed, a great discomfort in her heart. With wrinkles already starting to form on her forehead, she began calling the man's number, a clear look of distraught on her face.

While she was calling, a group of executives of the Dragon Group was having a meeting in the Dragon Group's conference room.

Stanley Batton had a matching black suit on and he sat on the main seat with his usual poker face. He was giving orders to the executives of each department of the company when his phone began to ring. The call was untimely and everyone's eyes fell on him almost automatically.

A frown formed on his face as he checked to see who was calling. The moment he saw the word 'Xyla' flashing on the screen, his frigid facade dropped almost instantaneously.

He turned to look back at the crowd, careful to have his poker face on before doing so. "We'll pause the meeting for a while."

the door, Stanley answered

earth is wrong with you? I told you to be extra careful had I not? Why didn't you just

the executives weren't talking loudly when the call

wasn't on, all the executives could still

simply stunned at that moment as

earth would dare to talk

would be better off

at Stanley's face, expecting him

However...

at her words. "... What are you saying? I don't understand." Noticing that he was still in the conference room,

closed behind him, everyone

angry at him but he barely

our CEO? Did he get

ever seen him bear such a

silently agreed with all the chatter. However, he didn't say anything and kept his usual

against a wall as he took in everything that Xyla explained to

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