Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

Xyla Quest closed Weibo after a brief perusal over the comments, plagued with sudden thoughts of Sophie Kenwick.

A while ago, Sophie had mentioned being unwell and needing to retreat to a quiet place for some time.

Sophie would only respond with short replies before ending their conversation whenever she'd contacted her.

She hadn't even committed to attending Xyla and Stanley's wedding.

Xyla felt increasingly worried about her condition and attempted to contact her before the wedding, but she wasn't successful.

She tried calling again at the thought, but her call went unanswered.

Her good mood quickly faded as she frowned deeply.

Stanley took notice of her mood change. "What's the matter?"

"Nothing. I just thought of Sophie," she replied with a frown. "I wanted to check on her.

"I told her about our wedding long ago, but she didn't even show up. I think there's something unusual about this," she added.

His eyebrows creased at her words. He had also been trying to contact Sophie for the past two days to no avail. What was she up to?

pulse, and she seemed fine, but she insisted something was wrong

you think something might've happened to her? Was she forced to

was very fond of the younger lady despite not spending much time with her and even thought of Sophie as her younger sister. "Don't worry. If we

although still feeling

to her former good mood

off the lights, Stanley gently embraced his wife. "All right, let's not think too much and get some rest for a

nodded, slowly closing

still couldn't fall asleep, and neither

them had thoughts running through their

finally relaxed enough for them to drift off to

room, but the internet was abuzz in Country Z, with netizens still talking

managed to identify Xyla's wedding

determined their estimaadet

of her wedding dresses was worth at least 50 million, and

was valued at

Her diamond-engraved veil was

million, designer

ten million,