Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"That's not going to happen. There will be a way!" Emily Quest had made up her mind.

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After Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton had a little chat with Sharon Lindt, the two of them left the house hand in hand.

It was late at night, and the night sky was aglow with the bright silvery moon. The stars were hardly seen tonight. There were only a few of them around the moon.

The fragrance of flowers danced along with the breeze, keeping the two's minds refreshed in the late night.

Xyla's foot still hurt, so she did not change her shoes. She was wearing the same pair of pink slippers she wore at home.

"Let's go home..." Stanley held her hand and got into the car with her.

Xyla fastened her seat belt while looking at him. "I thought we're going to meet Sebastian Brenand and the rest?"

"Your foot hurts. We'll meet them next time," answered Stanley.

"Nah, I can walk perfectly fine. I'm not so dramatic, okay?" Xyla said again, "It happens to women all the time."

you sure?" Stanley's eyes were full of

Xyla nodded confidently.

at that

of the devil,

on his headset and picked up the call. Subsequently, he started the car and made a sharp turn to the highway. "Unconscious

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out her phone from her bag, intending to call Josh Batton to inform him about the

then did she realize that she had forgotten to charge her phone the whole day. Her

me your phone,"

phone to Xyla

found Josh's contact and tapped

Josh was being interviewed by a magazine's chief editor in the

dress shirt with a plain white T-shirt inside. The bottom was matched with a pair

to his appealing features, there was no

a look at it before telling the beautiful chief editor sitting across him, "Excuse me,

chief editor nodded and told him to make himself