Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Gary Lakes' name appeared on the screen.

"What do you want?" Sebastian Brenand picked up the phone while kicking his slippers away. He then tucked himself under the white duvet and closed his eyes.

"Are you back from Edgewater? When did you come back? How did you get into a car accident?" Gary was leaning against the railing on his balcony as he smoked. He was also looking down at the garden full of flowers in bloom.

"I came back last night... Hmm. I'm fine, but the car isn't..." Sebastian said.

Gary took a deep breath. "Well... Did you see Rachel? Didn't you two patch things up? Why do you look so terrible?" he asked carefully.

"Stop talking about it. She's already married. We'll talk over drinks tonight. I'm hanging up..." Sebastian said before directly hanging up the phone.

Gary frowned slightly. After looking at his phone screen for a while, he shifted his gaze back to the flowers in his garden. "Rachel Wood..." He murmured to himself.

There was an indescribable sense of disappointment in his eyes.

***

Many days later, it was finally time for the blueprint design selection.

morning, Xyla was woken up by her

put on some light

make-up seemed alright. After that, she casually unfastened

long, thick, and curly hair

skin, her perfect

she had on very little make-up, her facial features seemed

retrieved a red Chanel backpack from the racks for bags. She strapped it on behind

was to eat

she made her way

there were still over ten minutes left before the blueprint design selection took

stopped her car and quickly made

walked in, she could see that a temporary stage had already

a huge display screen, and a computer

hair went past her shoulders. There wasn't the slightest sign of a smile on her

like all the employees of the company

had personally arranged for all of