Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

"They all have incompetent men by their sides," Wilson Batton said.

Sharon Lindt nodded in agreement. "That's absolutely right. If men treat their wives poorly, they then become increasingly hostile. How could such families be happy?" Everyone agreed with this point with a nod.

"Here's the thing, women are meant to be loved and adored," he said.

"Yes, yes. Women are such wonderful creatures, therefore should be treated gently by this world," his wife quipped.

***

Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton headed home after dropping his parents off at Josh Batton's house.

By then, the nannies and the children were all asleep.

They didn't want to wake anyone, so they headed directly upstairs to their bedroom.

Stanley was in charge of filling the bathtub with water, bath foam, Xyla's favorite milk, and rose petals.

Meanwhile, Xyla carefully removed her makeup and put on a face mask in front of the basin.

He was done drawing a bath by the time she had finished putting on her face mask.

the bathtub together in the perfectly warmed

the

while enjoying the

poured her husband a glass of exclusive red wine and one for herself before initiating a toast. She had been busy all day long and constantly

harder than me. You've done

wasn't that bad," he shook his head. "As a man, it's customary for me

in the Batton family sure are godsent," she

"Is that so?"

have expressed a desire to

"I'm not interested."

"Aren't you?" she asked.

Why should I be interested in these

warm.

"There

need

in you and children, that's all. Everything

cht."

people in his life were his wife and children. His

for others, he didn't think they