Revenge of the Hideous Lady by Moonlight

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.”

who overheard the conversation was shocked. He could not resist peeking at Stanley through the rearview mirror. Stanley’s gentle demeanor was giving him a heart

had he never

heard Stanley saying the words ‘anything is fine’ in front

strangely when I walked through the door earlier. Your body seemed weak. You only recovered after I held you in

sort of drug at me when I 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

she thought about what happened 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 Stanley had already taught Tom a lesson, the Sullivan family would make a huge fuss if she called

done today was enough. Besides, Tom had failed to

even asked his subordinates to beat him up. Xyla was happy to call it a draw. If she had chosen to be

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

Stanley heard what Xyla said, he stopped talking and his

***

she immediately sneezed when a gust of cold wind blew into the car. Seeing the state she was in, Stanley

began to pound. “I’m capable of