Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Stanley Batton calmly caressed Xyla Quest's face. "It's okay. I'll be fine once I get used to it."

"What can you do if you don't get used to it?" Sharon Lindt asked.

He was speechless.

Seeing that he couldn't retort, Sharon held Xyla's hand and spoke to her. "Xyla, you just delivered not too long ago. Even though you're done with postpartum recovery, I still think you shouldn't tire yourself out. "From now on, you shouldn't get out of bed so early and try to leave work earlier, too. You don't have to do all those things yourself. Leave all that to Stanley.

"Besides, he is a man, and men seem to have more energy than women anyway," she added.

Xyla couldn't resist laughing when she heard this.

She genuinely felt that Sharon treated her more like her biological daughter than her actual son.

Stanley didn't seem to oppose the idea, though. He nodded in agreement, gently wrapping one arm around her shoulders. "This, I can agree with."

"Did you hear that? Your husband agrees," his mother sounded triumphant.

Xyla shook her head. "No way. I've observed the required postpartum recovery period and am feeling fine. It's better that I deal with work myself."

husband had his own business to run, so she didn't

that, she wanted to be more involved in her

as one might think. Smiling, her heart felt warm as she gazed

careers don't have it easy

go to bed

tens of millions, Sharon saw that it was past midnight. Indeed, it was

look after Xyla," she called out

as she left the

***

early the

he was up, he brushed his teeth before heading downstairs to prepare breakfast for his

part of his

got to

having

well

parents

Content

busy with work, he wanted to be the one to do everything