Through the smoke in the air, Stanley slowly turned around and examined Xyla’s face with a deep look in his eyes.

“You don’t have to return anything to me for now,” he said calmly after exhaling a puff of smoke.

“Let me thank you by buying you a meal tonight,” said Xyla.

“Sure.”

“I’ll decide on the place and send you the location on WhatsApp,” said Xyla with a forced smile.

“Okay,” he replied with a gentle look on his face.

“Is there any particular restaurant you’d like to go to?”

“Anything is fine. Wherever you like.”

the rearview mirror. Stanley’s gentle

had he never known about

is fine’

only recovered

wasn’t paying attention. I immediately passed out when it happened. When I woke up, I realized my body was weak and I couldn’t even speak. I only recovered

and asked his men to beat him up, Xyla would have called the police. She wanted Tom to spend some time

Xyla and Stanley had done today was enough. Besides,

to call it a draw. If she had chosen to be irrational, she would have asked Stanley

bleeding. Xyla knew that his vein must have been torn from the gunshot. If he was not sent to the hospital soon, he might end up dying. Stanley would not

Xyla said, he stopped talking

***

when a gust of cold wind blew into the car. Seeing the state

blushed while her heart began to pound. “I’m

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