Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

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

President had made a call just now, hoping that we'll put a stop to the incident before it's aggravated as the matter had excessively affected the credibility of police

as possible, the seriousness in his tone was only amplified

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

snorted in response. "Of course I

after, Stanley hung up the

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

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 a lawyer of Sullivan Food

news, Xyla's mood was lifted instantly,

peeked at the screen of the phone, his face remained expressionless. "What would you like to have for breakfast? I'll get

face when she brought the phone to his eyes and

curved up into

***

Catherine Batton was reading about the news too in

hardly contain her happiness to receive

stretched her body

month was more than

imagining Mary wailing and weeping in the

knock knock... A short series of raps from the door broke the

face the