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."

was behind the incident. Everything was orchestrated by

to the incident before it's aggravated as the matter had excessively affected the credibility of police

reported the matter to Stanley as detailed as possible, the seriousness in his tone was only amplified

as he strode to the balcony and observed the heavy traffic on

snorted in response. "Of

up the phone and returned to the

on her phone. Her attention was fully drawn to it such that she did not notice

to the police constabulary. Furthermore, Mary Sullivan would be detained for a month as she had hired people to harm Catherine

was lifted instantly, her heart

forward, Stanley sat beside her and peeked at the screen of the phone, his face remained expressionless. "What would you like to have for

she brought the phone to his eyes and shook it happily at him. "Did you see that? All of them have been

into

***

the same time, Catherine Batton was reading

contain her happiness to receive

joy, she stretched her body

month was more than

by imagining Mary

from the door broke the silence in the

herself turning to face the door subconsciously.

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