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.”

peeking at Stanley through the rearview

he never known about

fine’

You only recovered

out when it happened. When I woke up, I realized my body was weak and I couldn’t even speak. I only

to her, the angrier she became. If Stanley had not fired at Tom and asked his men to beat him up, Xyla would have called the police. She wanted Tom to spend some time in prison. But now that

and Stanley had done today was enough. Besides, Tom had

subordinates to beat him up. Xyla was happy to call it

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

said, he stopped

***

Barely wearing anything, she immediately sneezed when a gust of cold wind blew into the

heart began to pound. “I’m capable of walking on

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