After reading Zack Cassidy's reply, Stanley Batton fixed his gaze on Xyla Quest.

Xyla, on the other hand, had already fallen asleep here and now.

Meanwhile, Zack texted him again and asked, "Do you have any other questions?"

Stanley decided to ignore the message so he threw his phone to the side and headed to the bathroom to wash up.

***

The next morning, Xyla was awakened by a sudden noise of the phone vibrating.

Stanley also opened his eyes slowly and stretched his arm at the coffee table, his fingertips searching for his phone. He got up from the couch and shuffled to the floor-to-ceiling window to pick up the call.

Xyla sat up and casually stretched her back. She then grasped her phone and clicked open the news app.

"Fifth master, Logan Dankworth, the lawyer of Sullivan Food Group, had taken all the blame for bribing the police officers."

"The case had escalated into a huge ruckus and it went viral on the internet, garnering the attention of almost every citizen."

"As for Mary Sullivan, although she had instructed people to harm our Seventh Mistress, she didn't cause any harm to her personally. Therefore, she'll only be detained for a month later on."

of Sullivan Group was behind the incident. Everything was orchestrated by

just now, hoping that we'll put a stop to the incident before it's aggravated

reported the matter to Stanley as detailed as possible, the seriousness in his

only expressed calmness as he strode to the balcony and observed the heavy traffic on the street underneath. "Keep an eye on Mary for the

response. "Of course

hung up the phone and returned to the

was reading a trending news on her phone. Her attention was fully drawn to it such that she

charge of Catherine Batton's case-were fired for colluding with the Sullivans, perverting the course of justice. These police officers involved ranged from the senior officers to the police constabulary. Furthermore, Mary Sullivan would be detained for a month as she had hired people to harm Catherine Batton. Last but not least, Logan Dankworth, as

was lifted instantly, her heart leaped up for

face remained expressionless. "What

eyes and shook it happily at him. "Did you see that?

mouth curved up into a shallow

***

Batton was reading about

she could hardly contain her happiness to receive

she stretched her body comfortably and sat up from

Mary for a month was more than enough

worked off her anger just by imagining Mary

series of raps from the door broke the silence in the ward

herself turning to face the door subconsciously. "Please

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