Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

The family had a great time together as the birthday party was well organized this year.

Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton returned home with Lynette Batton and Leon Batton after the party ended.

By then, the sky was already pitch dark.

Stanley and Xyla returned to their room first.

He reached out to pull his wife into his arms as soon as they walked in, pressing his chin against her head. Her familiar fragrant scent made him feel a lot more at ease.

***

The next day, Lynette and Leon were having breakfast together.

"Is Mommy awake yet?" she murmured when she hadn't seen Xyla for a while.

"She's probably awake but too busy to come down," Leon replied impatiently. "Are you done eating? If you are, let's head to school."

"All right, I'm almost done. Why weren't you this eager to go to school previously?" his sister complained while rolling her eyes at him. "Umm, it's almost time. We're going to be late," he said with an awkward expression.

"We usually get to school just in time, though. Besides, why would someone like you even worry about being late?" she argued. "Why wouldn't I be worried about that?"

you're looking forward to the toast from

without hesitation. He would never

before picking up her school bag to

but paused to drain his coffee while mumbling to himself. "Is it that

to drive after pondering for

at school, they heard some commotion from outside as

in the hallway

admire their good looks. Their mere presence set the entire

his usual calm expression while Lynette waved continuously at

nice person. She smiled at me

gosh!

students caused even more uproar when they saw her

Class y had eyes for the

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all the love

on his table.

stopped feeling

Did I imagine it? Leon smiled!

it because I saw it, too! I think he