Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"I'll send you to one of my houses nearby right now. There's everything you need inside... You can use anything you want.

"From now on, you'll stay there...

"After that, I'll arrange for two bodyguards to protect you at all times for the next two days.

"If you need help with anything, you can call me at any time.

"During this period, you should focus on recovering. I'll get someone to take care of your resignation procedures and things like that.

"As for everything else, we'll talk about it after you've recovered from your injuries," Xyla Quest said gently and softly. At the same time, she focused on looking forward and operating the steering wheel. Adam Shaw nodded. "Alright... Thank you, Ms. Quest."

***

Xyla drove Adam to her peaceful, high-class neighborhood in the city center.

After getting the spare key from the property management staff, she handed it over to Adam.

Later, two of Xyla's bodyguards helped Adam up the stairs.

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the time she arrived at home, it

Batton wasn't asleep. Right then, he was sitting on the couch with a serious look on his face as he held his

were either black or

with a serious expression on his face. He

didn't look at his face and only

walking through the door, his

the people on his laptop screen to wait for a minute.

"I heard that

"Yeah. How did

a tough lesson, and he hoped you wouldn't be mad. He even said that his son was a blind fool for not knowing that Adam was your friend,"

feel any emotions after

this was within her

coldly. "I'm not angry. After all, I've already avenged

it. His father is quite unlucky to have raised

a spoiled brat who only