Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"I won't be around for a day three days later. Will it be okay to let Georgie take care of you that day?" Stanley Batton asked.

There were some important tasks regarding the foreign branch of his company awaiting him. Therefore, he had to travel there to settle the issue on his own.

"No problem." Xyla nodded without asking for further details.

Stanley smiled at her before taking the basin of water into the bathroom.

At that instant, Xyla's phone vibrated.

When she saw the name 'Master' was displayed beside the call symbol, all the congeniality within her melted away and was replaced by indescribable, mixed feelings. Intense guilt kicked in and spread rapidly across her whole heart. It was like a pair of invisible hands that were constantly tearing her soul apart, without mercy.

Taking a deep breath, she tried to regulate her emotions and remained as calm as possible before she picked up the call.

"Hey Xyla, how are you?" The familiar voice of the old man flowed through her ears, the tone of his voice was as doting as ever.

"Couldn't be better. What about you?"

in total." The old man on the other end of the phone continued, "The ginseng is perfect for a weak and cold body like yours. Just remember to

somewhat reminded Xyla of the days where she learned about medicine and medication

arrays of tonics and supplements for her. Then, he would explain each of them to her in earnest and give her some helpful advice every single time. However, the more he cared for her, the

nice to her but she had disappointed him in the end. She failed to control her feelings and allowed herself to fall in

because of her feelings for the guy which should never have existed

The old man spoke again, pulling

slightly sore and her eyes were red. "Yes, I'm listening.

It's Grandpa's birthday in three days. Can you fly

promised him without

to pay him a visit even if he did not call her today. She missed him very much too. Apart from that, there were a lot of things that she would

she would be able to walk

any other events but

Then I shall look forward to meeting you soon." He sounded delighted and

Xyla and stabbed right at her spine, almost as