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Chapter 1211

"Hmm..." Xyla Quest said before quickly awkwardly hanging up the phone. "I haven't hung up just now. Your employee heard you asking a question like that. Isn't that horrible?" Stanley Batton had a nonchalant expression on his face. "So what if she heard it? Can't I be nice to my wife?"

Xyla was speechless.

On the other end of the call, in a vast conference room on the top floor of Dragon Group's subsidiary company in Country G, everyone was shocked after Amy's call ended. She also put the call on loudspeaker mode...

Right then, everyone was able to hear Stanley's question and Xyla's reply.

After everyone looked at each other for a few seconds, the entire conference room went into an uproar.

"What was our president doing just now? Was he giving his wife a foot massage? Was he also washing her legs?"

"That sounded like... Our president's wife. She really is a lucky woman!"

"I can't imagine such a noble person kneeling in front of a woman to wash her legs."

"But he's not only washing her legs, is he? He's even giving her a massage... A foot massage. Ahh..."

Among the crowd, there were people from Country Z, Country G, and some other countries.

Everyone began expressing their own opinion in English...

The female high-level executives all expressed their utter admiration for Xyla's abilities.

"Before our president's wife appeared, I always thought nobody could make their way into our president's heart."

"Me too, me too..."

"The president's wife is really way too lucky!"

The high-level executives started discussing again. Some of the women's eyes were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred...

***

Meanwhile, Xyla, who knew nothing about the heated discussion in their subsidiary company in Country G, continued to enjoy the foot massage Stanley was giving her. "Go ahead and join the meeting... Don't worry about me. I'll soak my feet in the water for a while. I'll be fine..."

"It's okay. I'll make sure you are comfortable before getting on with work..." Stanley said.

"You really don't have to..." Xyla said.

However, Stanley didn't leave. Instead, he continued to kneel on one knee as he massaged her feet...

After massaging her feet for a total of fifteen minutes, Stanley finally let go of her feet. He slowly got up and looked at Xyla. "Alright... I'm going to participate in the meeting. You can entertain yourself after soaking your feet for a while, alright?" Stanley asked.

Stanley sounded as affectionate as if he was talking to his child.

Xyla nodded.

After that, Stanley directly walked away.

Meanwhile, Xyla silently closed her eyes and continued to enjoy soaking her feet in the tub of traditional medicine as she reminisced on the sweet feelings in her heart.

Due to Stanley's excellent massage skills, coupled with the comfortable temperature of the water, Xyla wasn't feeling tired at all anymore.

After soaking her feet in the water for a while longer, she poured the water away. She then returned to the bedroom, removed her makeup, and washed her face.

Later, she put on a face mask and filled the large bathtub with warm water before laying in it.

Once she was done taking a comfortable bath and putting on her face mask, she quickly smeared a layer of custom-made skincare product on her face. She then directly wrapped herself in a white bathrobe and walked into her closet.

A significant portion of the floor space in the closet was occupied by the stuff Sharon Lindt bought...

Now that she'd taken a bath and soaked her feet, her body no longer felt exhausted. She didn't want to sleep yet.

Hence, Xyla sat on the ground and sorted out the boxes one at a time. She put them into a cabinet that stored skincare products, makeup, and perfume that hadn't been unboxed...

After sorting everything out, she returned to the bedroom...

When she walked close to the bed, her phone started ringing on the bed once again.

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Chapter 1212

Chapter 1212

When Xyla Quest saw that it was a call from Georgie Clementine, she immediately picked up. "Hey, Georgie..."

"Hey. I'm not calling about other stuff. I just wanted to ask you for help by providing some traditional medicine that could help Henry's wounds heal faster..." Georgie said. When Xyla heard this, she instantly smiled warmly. "Sure..."

After saying that, Xyla sat at the bedhead and leaned lazily against the bed frame.

Xyla could sense how much Georgie cared about Henry Armstrong.

Meanwhile, Xyla could also sense the sweetness in Georgie's words whenever she talked about Henry.

Now that Georgie was in a happy relationship, Xyla truly felt happy for her.

"Georgie... Stay with Henry. He has changed," Xyla said seriously.

"Hmm, I know," Georgie said.

"I'll talk to Henry some other day. I want to tell him that someone in the background supports you. You're not someone he can casually bully. If he dares to mistreat you, I'll bust his nuts," Xyla added.

"Haha... You won't have to do anything. I could tear him apart with one hand," Georgie said with a smile as she stood outside on the balcony next to Henry's bed. She was looking down at the busy view of the city at night.

When Xyla heard this, her smile gradually widened.

After chatting with Georgie for a while, Xyla quickly hung up. After that, she found a prescription in her phone's notepad.

She had written this prescription down after leaving Henry's ward.

However, she hadn't been able to gather the ingredients due to how busy she'd been.

After making sure the prescription was accurate, she lazily lay down on the bed...

***

Meanwhile, on the other side....

After the call ended, Georgie returned to Henry's side by the bed and sat down.

By then, Henry was leaning against the bedhead. He was holding an apple with one hand as he took big bites at it.

His other hand was attached to an anti-inflammatory drip. Right then, only one-third of the drip in the bottle had entered his body.

"Does it taste good?" Georgie asked while looking at the apple in Henry's hand.

"My darling peeled this apple for me. Of course, it must taste good..." Henry started offering Georgie compliments. "My darling is the best. There's nothing she can't do well... She can even make an apple she peeled taste amazing..."

When Georgie heard this, she couldn't resist laughing. "You idiot... Doesn't the apple taste good because of how it is inherently tasty?"

Although Georgie knew that he was intentionally complimenting her, she still felt delighted.

Henry took another big bite at the apple before shaking his head. "No... The apple tastes good only because you were the one who peeled it," he said.

"Can you stop complimenting me?" Georgie asked.

"No..." Henry said.

"Your parents... They must have found out about what happened to you, mustn't they? Why hasn't anyone in your family visited you?" Georgie asked.

Henry let out a long, helpless sigh as he chewed. "My family members are all occupied outside the country. They can't return at such short notice. They've already asked about how I was doing over WeChat," he said.

"Alright then..." Georgie nodded.

"Honey, I want to drink some water..." Henry said.

Georgie noticed that the water dispenser nearby was out of water. She immediately stood up. "Okay. I'll look for a nurse outside to get some water," Georgie said.

After that, Georgie stood up and left.

When she left, she didn't shut the door tightly behind her. Soon, the door opened wider.

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As soon as Georgie Clementine left, a woman with thick makeup who looked like an internet celebrity walked over from the elevator on the other side. The woman walked quickly while speaking on the phone. "Which room are you in? Is it 808?"

As she spoke, her gaze kept shifting from the number plate on one ward's door to another.

When she arrived in front of Henry Armstrong's ward, she quickly looked through the gap in the door and saw him.

In the next second, the woman hung up her phone and stopped walking. Her eyes, which initially seemed calm, now seemed to fill with excitement.

After looking around, she carefully moved her head closer to the door and peeked inside...

She saw that Henry was the only person in the room. She immediately adjusted her high ponytail as well as her airy bangs.

After that, she cleared her throat and directly walked up to Henry. "Mr. Armstrong, what... What happened to you?" she asked, seemingly concerned.

Henry was stunned when he saw her.

Suddenly, he couldn't recall who she was...

After approximately ten seconds, Henry finally recalled.

She seemed to be an internet celebrity he had dated in the past...

He honestly forgot her name.

As Georgie Clementine would be returning soon, he wanted to avoid a misunderstanding. He instantly looked at her with a stern expression on his face and waved his hand. "Go, go, go... Hurry up and leave... Hurry up and leave..." He said.

However, the female internet celebrity didn't seem like she wanted to leave.

She

sat down by the bed and looked at Henry. "Mr. Armstrong, don't shoo me away... Tell me, what happened to you? Also, why are you here on your own?"

To a person like her, Henry was someone she worshipped like her ancestors...

Regardless of whether they got married, she'd still make a guaranteed profit just by being close to him...

To be honest, after the breakup, she had always missed Henry.

However, he didn't offer her an opportunity to meet him again.

Now that she'd bumped into him, she wouldn't let go of this opportunity so easily...

Henry's facial expression grew colder. "Hurry up and leave. We've already broken up. Got it?"

The female internet celebrity turned a deaf ear to what he said. "Tell me... What happened to you? Why are you in the hospital? Why are your nose and face all swollen up? Who bullied you?" Henry frowned unhappily. "Who the f*ck would dare to bully me?"

With that, Henry pressed on a button to summon the nurse. "Hey... A strange person barged into my ward. Hurry up and make her..."

Before Henry could finish his sentence, the female internet celebrity instantly hung up the call. After that, she pitifully hugged him. "Don't be so cruel... I miss you."

The thick scent of her perfume wafted into Henry's nostrils, and it made him feel extremely horrible.

In the past, he liked internet celebrities like her. However, he had Georgie now. He was not the least bit interested in women like her.

A hug like this made him feel extremely annoyed.

Just as Henry was prepared to push her away, the ward's door was opened again...

Georgie walked into the ward with a smile and a glass of water in her hand.

When Georgie saw this scene, the smile on her face instantly disappeared. In its place was an icy expression.

Seeing this, Henry quickly pushed the female internet celebrity away. He carefully looked at Georgie and started to explain. "Honey... It's not what you think... It's her... She pounced on me," he said.

When the female internet celebrity heard Henry calling someone his wife, she immediately shifted her gaze to Georgie's face.

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In the next second, the female internet celebrity instantly stood up and looked at Georgie Clementine nervously. "About that, I'm sorry for bothering you. I didn't know Mr. Armstrong had a girlfriend already." Although she was apologizing on the surface, she didn't think much of this person in front of her.

That was because she always knew that Henry Armstrong was never serious for long with any woman.

Regardless of how much Henry appreciated someone, his feelings would change once he got his way.

Georgie snorted coldly and slowly walked over to the female internet celebrity. She crossed her arms naturally in front of her chest and gave the woman, whose face was filled with Botox, the side-eye glance. "Now that you know, you can leave..."

The female internet celebrity was extremely unhappy about Georgie's attitude.

However, because Henry was here, she could only nod obediently.

"Young girl, he already has a partner. Don't ever forget that from now on...

"Today, I'll forgive you on the basis that you didn't know about it.

"But if I see you seducing my man again next time, don't blame me for being unkind to you..." Georgie kept a cold facial expression on her face as she declared dominantly.

At this moment, Georgie's imposing manner was completely activated. Her entire body was emanating an aura of a strong woman.

Georgie was a few inches taller than the female internet celebrity, and her aura was also a few times stronger than her.

At one glance, the female internet celebrity looked like a little girl in front of Georgie.

Seeing Georgie like this made Henry feel moved again...

His girlfriend was way too domineering. These female celebrities were like wild chickens in comparison to a phoenix like her. With Georgie's imposing manner in full force, the female internet celebrity nodded again before she started to head outside.

While she walked, she murmured to herself on the inside. 'What's the big deal? Isn't she going to get dumped sooner or later anyway?'

After watching the female internet celebrity leaving, Georgie shifted her cold gaze to Henry's face again. "Sort out your messed up relationships with other women. I don't want to see something like this happening again... Got it?" Georgie warned sternly.

When the female internet celebrity heard Georgie's tone of voice just as she arrived by the door, she subconsciously stopped walking. After that, she hid behind the door frame and curiously looked inside... Georgie dared to speak to Henry like this. Was she tired of living?

Now, she wanted to wait and watch how Georgie would be cruelly dumped by Henry.

Hearing this, Henry nodded obediently. After that, he looked at Georgie and tried to appease her. "Honey... I know. I won't be in contact with anyone else. You're the only one... That lunatic today was just an accident...

"I swear. I really didn't touch her," Henry said. He then raised three of his fingers as he looked at Georgie with a sincere expression on his face.

Naturally, Georgie believed in what he said.

Hence, she shook her head helplessly. After that, she sat by the bed with a slight frown.

To be honest, Georgie knew that Henry ignored that woman. She was only angry because someone else hugged her boyfriend.

She was only speaking to Henry with that kind of attitude because she wanted to vent.

Seeing this, Henry immediately grabbed Georgie's hands. "Honey... I will only love you... Forever.

"Don't be upset, will you? Hmm?" Henry tried to appease her once again. He had a look of concern in his eyes.

Georgie rolled her eyes at him. "To be honest, I wasn't angry at you. I was only angry at her..."

Henry immediately let out a long sigh. His heart began to relax. "That's good, that's good...

"Georgie, once I get discharged, my parents would probably be returning to the country. I'll bring you to meet my parents... I'll tell them you're the one I want to marry..." Henry directly changed the topic.

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When Georgie Clementine heard this, she appeared shocked. "Isn't this way too fast?" she asked.

She never would've thought that Henry Armstrong would bring this up when they had just started dating.

This was sufficient proof of Henry's true feelings toward her.

Georgie immediately felt a sense of warmth spread in her heart.

Henry smiled. "Is it too fast? If everything went my way, I'd wish to marry you as soon as I get discharged."

When Georgie heard this, she immediately rolled her eyes at him. "In your dreams. We can be in a relationship, but a marriage... We'll have to wait and see..."

Getting married was a huge matter in life.

Before dating Henry for a few years, getting to know him to make sure they were really suited for marriage, and spending enough time together, she definitely wouldn't get married that soon.

From Georgie's perspective, regardless of how much she loved someone, there had to be a drawn line. She had her principles.

Georgie definitely wouldn't let love muddle her thoughts.

Henry shrugged helplessly. "I know... That's why we'll just talk about it... I'm already thrilled that you're willing to be in a relationship with me.

"Firstly, I wanted to introduce you to my parents to prove that I'm serious about this. Secondly, I'm also doing this so that the two of them would stop trying to introduce me to women they think are excellent... I'm honestly afraid of that," Henry said each word seriously. He was looking at her intensely.

His words touched Georgie once again.

"Okay..." Georgie nodded.

When Henry heard this, he joyously hugged her. "Okay... Once I've recovered, I'll bring you home to meet my parents...'

The female internet celebrity who stood by the door saw and heard everything clearly...

She was completely dumbfounded. In fact, she felt thoroughly embarrassed by herself.

From the looks of it, Henry had genuinely fallen for that woman this time. In fact, he even mentioned introducing her to his parents.

Moreover, he even brought up the topic of marriage on his initiative.

She knew that Henry would never have mentioned these things to other women in the past.

She thought she'd dated Henry long enough, but she had never heard him talking about these things...

Initially, she thought that nobody would be able to tie a womanizer like Henry down...

However, she didn't expect to be wrong.

To be honest, was there really a man who would forever remain as a womanizer? He would only treat a woman like that because he didn't love her enough. Once a man fell in love, he'd change somehow.

Helplessly, the female internet celebrity shook her head. She turned around to leave, silently closing the door behind her...

Henry's words had thoroughly destroyed her hopes of trying to seduce him again.

She was jealous of Georgie. It was a mad kind of jealousy...

***

On the other side, Xyla drifted between wakefulness and sleep. Stanley Batton got into bed after taking a shower.

In a daze, the light scent of wildflower body shampoo filled Xyla's nostrils. It made her feel very comfortable. Subconsciously, she wrapped her arms around Stanley and entered his embrace...

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Chapter 1216

With Xyla Quest's warm and soft body in his arms, Stanley Batton instantly felt his heart racing.

"Honey..." He whispered softly near her ear.

Xyla casually hugged him tightly. "Hmm..." She replied softly.

Her voice sounded lazy and a little raspy. It made his heart beat wildly again...

In the next second, Stanley flipped around and naturally pressed his body onto hers.

The intimate touch instantly gave Xyla an idea.

In the next second, she quickly opened her eyes and looked at Stanley's face.

The moment their eyes met, Xyla instantly felt wide awake.

Her heart was beating out of tempo.

"What... What are you doing?" Xyla asked.

"Hmm..." Stanley said.

"I'm asking you. What are you doing?" she asked.

"Hmm... Doing it..." He said.

Xyla's face suddenly turned very red. It felt as if her heart would soon burst out of her chest.

"Stanley Batton! Let go of me... I want to rest tonight..." Xyla exclaimed.

"No..." Stanley said.

"Stanley, I'm going to be angry..." Xyla said.

Now, she only wanted to sleep...

Stanley smiled a little. "Hmm... I'll definitely pay attention next time..."

Xyla was speechless.

She knew very well that when he said he'd pay attention next time, it meant he'd still dare to do it next time...

Stanley had always had the upper hand in this regard.

***

The following day, when Xyla opened her eyes, it was already noon...

At this moment, she started feeling resentful toward Stanley again.

With a familiar gesture, she reached for her phone. She didn't want to get out of bed right away. Instead, she opened Weibo and was prepared to entertain herself by scrolling through Weibo. Right then, her entire body felt heavy. If she could, she wished she didn't have to go to work today.

As soon as she got onto Weibo, she saw her name on the list of hot topics again.

Hot topic number one, '#Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton on Business Forefront# Explosive'.

Hot topic number two, '#Xyla Quest and Business Forefront# Explosive'.

Hot topic number four, '#Stanley Batton and Business Forefront# Explosive'.

With a confused look in her eyes, she tapped on the first hot topic and checked it out...

The first hot topic was a Weibo post Business Forefront had published an hour ago.

On Weibo, they mentioned that their three thousandth magazine edition sold 1,500 copies within ten seconds upon release.

Moreover, they claimed that most of the people who bought the magazine were fans of Xyla and Stanley.

In fact, they even said that they'd release the entire video of Xyla's exclusive interview to reward the fans...

They would even include the cut scenes.

Xyla was aware that she and Stanley had fans who shipped them.

However, Xyla didn't realize the fan group was this powerful.

Meanwhile, beneath the Weibo post was a video that lasted up to two hours.

When Xyla saw this, she immediately tapped on it...

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In the video, the entire interview was reenacted.

In fact, even the scene of Stanley Batton appearing halfway through the interview and giving Xyla Quest flowers was included.

After watching a short part of the video, Xyla tapped on the comment section below with up to three million comments.

By then, the comment section was filled with comments.

"Ahh... Stanley Batton is really good to Xyla Quest... Their romance is filled with grand events."

"Stanley looked so charming when he walked up to Xyla with flowers in his hands..."

"From the moment Stanley walked through the door, he did not look at anyone else. His eyes were on Xyla the entire time. It's so romantic!"

"As a fan who ships Xyla and Stanley as a couple, I just want to say that I'm jealous!"

"Ahh... It's tough to imagine that a guy like Stanley would do house chores!"

"Xyla is very pretty... I'd download any random picture of her and save it as my wallpaper for the rest of the year!"

"Sisters, I'm going mad... I really can't imagine how Stanley looks when he cooks... Ahh!"

"He's handsome, has a perfect body, comes from a great and noble background, and is devoted to his wife. Who wouldn't want a man like this?"

Seeing the comments of netizens made Xyla smile a little...

After briefly looking at the comments, Xyla exited from the topic. She shifted her attention once again to the other issues and started reading about other people's gossip. There wasn't any special gossip this morning.

After browsing for a while, she felt bored. She then put her phone down and struggled to sit up.

Her waist and legs ached so badly that they didn't feel like hers anymore.

She sat on the bed for a very long time before finally mustering the courage to force herself out of bed and walking into the bathroom.

Once she walked up to the sink, she prepared to reach out and turn on the faucet. Suddenly, she felt dizzy and couldn't see clearly.

Clearly, there was only one faucet, but she ended up seeing three...

Right after that, Xyla started feeling an immense headache.

The intense discomfort made her terrible in the stomach.

It honestly felt way too disgusting. She immediately turned around and walked up to the toilet bowl. After that, she directly kneeled on the ground and held on to the toilet bowl while she tried to vomit... After a long while, she still couldn't vomit anything.

The dizziness was getting more intense by the second. Even the sharp pain in her head was getting worse.

Meanwhile, the nauseous sensation in her stomach was also becoming more severe.

Xyla's entire body was feeling so awful that she was going mad.

After trying for a long time, she still couldn't vomit. In the end, she helplessly sat on the ground. She quickly placed one hand on her wrist to carefully check her pulse.

From the behavior of her pulse, apart from having eaten a little too much, there wasn't anything odd.

Could it be because she overate last night and didn't get enough rest?

From the looks of her condition, there seemed only to be one explanation for this.

Dizziness, intense pain, and nausea persisted in her body...

To make herself feel a little better, Xyla tried very hard to stand up. She returned to the faucet, turned it on, and repeatedly rinsed herself with cold water... However, no matter how many times she did it, the awful sensations never stopped.

In the end, Xyla really couldn't take it anymore. With her hands on the wall, she stumbled back to the bed.

Lying on the large, white bed, Xyla had her eyes open. Although there was clearly only a single chandelier, she ended up seeing three or four of them.

Although there was only a single ceiling, she ended up seeing three to six of them.

The dry vomiting continued. Every time this happened, the nauseous feeling in her stomach intensified.

After approximately five minutes, Xyla slowly began to recover.

The dizziness, headache, and nauseous sensation in her stomach completely disappeared eventually...

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Xyla Quest began to feel energetic and full of life again.

She quickly checked her pulse once more...

This time, from her pulse, she still couldn't find anything wrong with herself.

Hence, Xyla sat up with a sense of relief in her heart.

She thought that she must have overeaten last night. On top of that, she hadn't been getting enough rest and had probably over-exerted herself.

Without overthinking, Xyla returned to the bathroom to clean up.

After cleaning up, she put on some light make-up and changed into a clean, white shirt dress and a silver belt, as well as espadrille heels. She picked up her silver Hermes purse and walked downstairs. There wasn't any sound downstairs. Xyla knew that Stanley Batton must have gone to work.

Hence, she reflexively walked into the dining room.

There was a lot of delicious food on the dining table, including steamed pork rolls, soy milk, fried dough, and tofu pudding.

Apart from that, there was also a light-blue note Stanley had left behind. "Heat the food up in the microwave before you eat. Don't eat anything cold. It's not good for your body..."

When Xyla saw this, she felt a warm sensation spread in her heart.

After putting the note down, she didn't heat the food up. Instead, she sat down and picked up a steamed pork roll before digging in.

She really was too tired to heat the food right now.

Hence, she simply started to eat.

Xyla didn't care about these things anyway.

Halfway through her meal, Sharon Lindt called her on the phone...

"Xyla... What are you doing?" Sharon sounded as affectionate as usual.

"I'm having lunch..." Xyla said with a smile.

"There's a jewelry showcase this afternoon. Will you come with me?" Sharon asked.

"Sure," Xyla agreed decisively.

Coincidentally, after the call with Sharon ended, Darren Green from Blue Sky Exploration Team sent Xyla a message on WeChat. The WeChat message contained a screenshot.

In the screenshot was a detailed description of the costs required to start mining the jade mine in Blue Mountain City...

After briefly going through it, Xyla decisively transferred some funds to Darren.

After giving a few instructions, Xyla put her phone down and continued to eat her lunch.

However, while eating, she started feeling dizzy again.

However, this time, the dizziness only lasted for a second.

Hence, Xyla didn't pay any attention to it...

After lunch, Xyla picked up her car key and got into her red Maserati. She was prepared to leave the house.

Just as she turned on the car engine, Georgie Clementine called her on the phone.

Xyla instantly picked the call up with a smile on her face.

"I asked someone to investigate the matter thoroughly. The first person to leak news on Weibo of Mr. Batton transferring the entire Dragon Group to you is the daughter of Jerome Group's owner, Linda Jerome..." Georgie said.

"That's because Aileen's real name is Linda Jerome. Also, the address from which Aileen posted is also the Jerome family's house.

"But when I looked for Linda an hour ago, she told me that she has stopped using that Weibo account for a long time.

"She also denied revealing the information on Weibo. She only shared the news with her group of close female friends.

"She even said that Mary Sullivan is in that group, as well as a few others.

"As soon as I heard Mary's name, I knew I didn't have to continue investigating. Hence, I asked Linda if Mary had gone to her house recently.

"Linda said no... She suspected that Mary must have used some unknown method to steal her account. Moreover, Mary might have used her house's IP address..." Georgie added.

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"That's because Linda feels that the person who hates you the most in her group of female friends is Mary. Meanwhile, the timing of that incident was way too coincidental... "As soon as I heard that, I felt that this was indeed what happened. Hence, I didn't even bother investigating any further," Georgie Clementine explained everything carefully. This all sounded very logical to Xyla Quest too...

Naturally, Mary Sullivan would feel jealous after finding out about all that in the WeChat group...

Influenced by her resentment, Mary would naturally think of ways to torture Xyla.

Meanwhile, blowing things out of proportion by leaking stuff on Weibo was undoubtedly the best way to do so.

That was because if Stanley Batton had done this behind the back of Xyla's in-laws, they'd surely find out if things got blown out of proportion.

Also, Xyla's in-laws would be mad. Moreover, they would direct their anger at her. In fact, they might even think that Xyla took advantage of Stanley's riches with her method of seduction. They would no longer like her from then on.

Based on conventional logic, the success rate of this plan would've been a hundred percent.

However, to Mary Sullivan's surprise, Xyla's in-laws loved Xyla very much. After finding out about this, not only were they not angry, but they were even delighted. Hence, Mary's plan failed.

However, this person's evil intentions indeed sent chills down one's spine!

"This should be the case..." Xyla said coldly.

"What do you plan to do?" Georgie asked.

"We don't need to do anything... Linda Jerome will automatically take action," Xyla said confidently in her familiar, soft voice. However, her gaze was still icy.

Georgie chuckled softly. "You're right... I have a question for you," she said.

"Hmm, go ahead..." Xyla said.

"How did you guess that somebody was a mastermind behind this?" Georgie asked.

"I think normal people wouldn't dare to expose stuff like this that could cause a domestic conflict. However, if someone did do it, they must have done so with this objective in mind," Xyla said. "That's true... I bet... Soon, Linda will go knocking on Mary's door for payback..." Georgie added.

***

Meanwhile, on the other side, Mary drove Tom Sullivan's black Porsche Cayenne leisurely over to Wishing Star Cafe.

Linda had asked to have coffee here with Mary. Linda even said that she'd bring Mary shopping after that and buy her stuff. Hence, Mary was thrilled.

After stopping her car, Mary quickly carried her white Chanel purse. After adjusting her red halter dress, she directly walked to a private room on the cafe's second floor.

Cheerfully, Mary opened the door to the private room. "Linda... I'm here..." Mary said.

Before she could finish her sentence, Mary was stunned by what she saw.

Linda wasn't inside...

Instead, there was a group of fierce-looking men in black.

Mary recognized some of them.

They seemed to be the Jerome family's bodyguards.

Mary immediately began to feel guilty.

After smiling at the men in black, she quickly turned around and prepared to open the door to leave.

Mary guessed that what she did had probably been uncovered...

Meanwhile, to exact revenge on Mary, Linda had lured her here.

If that was the case, Mary had to run away quickly.

Otherwise, she'd be beaten up without a doubt.

However, as soon as Mary's hand touched the doorknob, one of the men in black forcefully pressed his hand against the door.

Right after that, another man in black grabbed her collar from behind and picked her up.

As the man in black exerted more and more force, Mary was lifted further from the ground...

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In the end, the man dressed in black directly raised Mary Sullivan above his head.

Although Mary was naturally lean, the man dressed in black was tall and muscular. It was completely effortless for him to pick her up.

Right then, it looked as if he was carrying a small chicken.

A strong sense of insecurity instantly began to spread from Mary's heart.

She immediately started screaming. "Help... Help... Mmph..."

However, after shouting twice, another man in black sealed her mouth up with black tape.

Immediately after that, the man in black, who was holding her, mercilessly tossed her to the floor.

Mary's waist landed on the floor first. After that, her head did.

Suddenly, Mary felt her mind going blank.

Meanwhile, her legs seemed to have gone completely numb. She couldn't move at all.

Although Mary very much wanted to get up and run away, she couldn't even move.

"B*tch, how dare you use Miss Linda's name to spread the news she shared with you... Are you mad?

"Miss Linda told us to teach you a good lesson this time... She wants you to know who's Daddy." The man in black, who tossed Mary to the floor, pointed at her face coldly as he yelled at her.

After that, he waved his hand at the others.

Everyone then started stepping forward to punch and kick Mary.

Everyone hit her mercilessly without holding back...

Mary could feel pain in every part of her body, and it felt as if she would soon die.

Although Mary wanted to shout out loud, she couldn't.

She could only keep her eyes closed as she whimpered.

Holding all the intense energy inside her made Mary feel as if her chest were about to explode... This was all Xyla's fault!

If Xyla, this b*tch, hadn't messed with Mary, she wouldn't have wanted to exact revenge on Xyla.

If she didn't want to exact revenge on Xyla, she wouldn't be beaten up by Linda Jerome's people like this.

Xyla was the source of all her problems!

One day, she would make sure Xyla was dead!

She wanted to witness Xyla crying personally!

In the end, Mary was barely breathing. Her mouth and nose were covered in blood...

Her entire body seemed to be covered in bruises.

When the men in black felt that they had done enough damage, they all stopped simultaneously.

Right then, Linda walked out of the bathroom coldly...

She had on intricate, orange-based makeup. Her hair was pulled into a high ponytail, and her intricate facial features made her look almost like she was someone of mixed heritage.

Linda wore a red-and-black checkered short-sleeved shirt that revealed her belly button. On top of that, she was also wearing a red-and-black checkered, pleated skirt and a pair of white espadrille heels. At one glance, she looked like a female goddess from a comic.

When Linda saw Mary like this, she quickly stepped forward and stepped forcefully on Mary's stomach. She looked down at her arrogantly. "Mary, you really are cruel... I treated you like a sister, and yet you think of me as a fool?

"Did you think Stanley Batton's parents had no clue about him transferring the entire Dragon Group to Xyla Quest, and that's why you wanted to use my name to stir things up so that his parents would find out? "After that, you'd create an internal conflict within the Batton family so that Xyla's in-laws would hate her. Is that it?

"Did you know that if all of this happened as you planned...

"What would have happened to me, the person who was misunderstood as the person who leaked the news?

"No wonder Xyla hates you... You really are disgusting.

"You used to tell me bad things about Xyla. You said she has personality flaws.

"You even said you weren't on good terms because of Xyla.

"Now, I finally see everything. It was not at all as simple as it seemed..." Linda said