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."

mistress of Sullivan Group was behind

we'll put a stop to the incident before it's aggravated as the matter had

detailed as possible, the seriousness in his tone was only amplified with each

strode to the balcony and observed the heavy traffic

snorted in response. "Of course

the phone and returned

attention was fully

officers involved ranged from the senior officers to the police constabulary. Furthermore, Mary

reading the news, Xyla's mood was lifted instantly, her heart leaped

his face remained

blossomed on Xyla's face when she brought the phone to his eyes and shook it happily at him. "Did

mouth curved up into a shallow

***

the same time, Catherine Batton was reading about

could hardly contain her happiness to receive such good news in

her body comfortably and

for a month was more than

off her anger just by imagining Mary wailing

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

found herself turning to face

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