“You… Why are you here?” Xyla Quest asked in a panicked tone while she turned the engine on.

Stanley Batton was slightly surprised to see her here so coincidentally.

“Stop talking! Drive!” He said in a demanding tone.

As he spoke, he stepped on the accelerator with his foot Within a second, the sports car dashed forward. Xyla immediately grabbed the steering wheel before kicking his foot away to step on the accelerator herself.

“Go to the nearest hospital,” he commanded.

Xyla nodded before floorng on the accelerator.

***

Once they arrived at the hospital, Xyla Quest was shocked to find that the man had three gunshot wounds on his body, with two on his chest and one on his abdomen.

After staying with him while the doctors tended to his wound, she pushed him into his ward.

Despite being covered in blood, his good looks and charm could not be hidden.

Carefully, Xyla helped him to get into bed. “Get your family to come and look after you. I have something else to do, and I have to leave now.”

“Thank you,” Stanley Batton said coldly.

“You’re welcome… You have good looks. Why don’t you do something else instead of being a gangster?

“Isn’t it much more comfortable to earn money by becoming a celebrity than to fight in the streets?” Xyla let the words slip out of her mouth, albeit in a gentle manner.

The man raised his brows slightly before coolly scanning her up and down.

‘What gangster is she on about?’

Did she think of him as that kind of person? What a joke.

“How much can a celebrity earn?” He asked calmly.

“If you’re popular, you can earn a lot…”

“Do you know how much I can make in a day?”

deaf ears. Therefore, she decided to stop talking and instead, picked up her purse

it possibly be a better earning than a celebrity’s? Was it

“Wait a second…”

and turned around. “What

to retrieve a cheque stained with blood from his pocket. He then folded it into the shape of a plane and threw it into

you.

then folded it back into a paper plane that it was earlier before she threw it

for you to keep what happened that night a secret.” Xyla turned around and left after

at the door, she turned around to look at the man. “Remember

like

is your name?” Stanley

him, Xyla

other, there

from his sight, the man mumbled to himself, “What an

he made a call on his phone. “Send someone over to the municipal hospital. Also, find out more information about the

are you

do I look

are

Cassidy, do I look like a

charismatic. Why would you

“…”

***

news of Josh Batton being signed onto

famous social media website crashed due to crowded its visitor. Its technicians hurriedly worked to recover its system. However, within two

that, it was a cycle of

up by messages

her arms before opening WeChat only to find that Georgie

“Good news, President Xyla.”

Josh Batton would join us, our stock price has

an hour, our stock price

Xyla had expected. Smiling calmly, Xyla typed a simple

dinner party for Josh Batton at Dreamland Hotel’s Rainforest

“Yes…” Xyla responded.

the owner of the company, Xyla definitely

with a call right

popular topics. The Sullivan family offered money to

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