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?

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

think something might've happened to her? Was she forced to leave?" Xyla felt increasingly nervous

despite not spending much time with her and even thought of Sophie as her younger

although still

her

the lights, Stanley gently embraced his wife. "All right, let's not think

slowly closing her

still couldn't fall asleep,

had thoughts running through

finally relaxed enough for them

was abuzz in Country Z, with netizens still talking about their

managed to identify Xyla's wedding dress, jewelry, and even designer heels

determined their estimaadet

of her wedding dresses was

was valued at one

Her diamond-engraved veil was

ten million, designer heels

at ten