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."

Chairman's mistress of Sullivan Group was behind the incident. Everything was orchestrated by

a stop to the incident before it's aggravated as the matter had excessively

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

he strode to the balcony and observed the heavy traffic on the street underneath. "Keep an eye

response. "Of course

up the phone and returned to the

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.

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

at the screen of the phone, his face

face when she brought the phone to his eyes and shook it happily at him. "Did

curved up into a

***

time, Catherine Batton was reading about the news too in

could hardly contain her happiness to receive such good news in

stretched her body comfortably and sat up from the

a month was

by imagining

raps from the door

herself turning to face the door subconsciously. "Please come

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255