Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

After the awkward encounter earlier, Freda would be sure to knock before entering Xyla Quest's office next time.

So, she allowed Stanley Batton to do what he wanted and indulged him for now.

She rested her head against his shoulder and relaxed. "Which game did you play today?"

"Honor of Kings," he answered.

"Did you win?"

"Yeah, I was great in every match," he replied smugly.

"Awesome."

Talking about games made Xyla want to play, too, but the rational part of her mind was telling her to prioritize work first.

She still had a lot of work to deal with, and once she started playing, she would lose track of time.

She would have to start working in earnest after lunch.

"My teammates were great, too, so it wasn't so bad," he said.

He then gazed at her. "Team XS has been doing well lately."

maintained their

seemed very likely they would become the champion of

kids are

XS's performance. No other team in the world could

they remained humble and didn't become obnoxious despite

why they started this journey and kept moving

believed they could achieve even

pretty good. If they

this

keep

chip again this year.nex

husband said confidently.

seemed very proud. "Yeah, I sure hope so. If they keep

spoke, Xyla's phone started ringing,

Team XS would

to memory before

knocked on the door, prompting her to jump

that one of her

at Stanley and quickly buttoned it up before calling out toward the

appearance seemed businesslike and

entered, carrying two