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Chapter 241
Xyla picked up the call immediately.
"Did you see the most popular topics on the internet?" A familiar voice was immediately heard before Xyla Quest could even speak. The voice belonged to Mary Sullivan.
From her voice, Xyla could sense that Mary was extremely pleased and sardonic at the same time. Xyla instantly felt annoyed.
"What do you want?" Xyla asked.
"I don't want anything. I only called to ask you how you feel. It must feel terrible to be yelled at by people, right? Hahaha..." Mary said before bursting into laughter.
"Congratulations, you must be happy to have acquired the titles of b*tch, an evil woman, Snow White's stepmother, the old witch, and various other names," Mary added softly but obnoxiously.
"Has anybody ever told you not to count your chickens before they hatch?" Xyla asked coldly.
"Hahaha, I don't think it's too soon at all... You really should blame yourself. Why do you go around seducing handsome, young men? You even thought of getting your way with Josh Batton. Tsk, tsk... In the end, someone has taken a photo of you committing the act, thus resulting in you being exposed. You should not be surprised that things don't go your way when you often take risks. Now that others are talking about you, not only am I happy for myself, I am also happy for my brother and Emily Quest. Do you know how badly you have affected them before? I bet you would want to argue with me that they had done terrible things to you, huh? Perhaps, you might even want to say that you have never done anything bad to other people, right? Hahaha, I just want to say that you deserved to be dumped by my brother back then. Ugly b*tches deserve to be dumped. With your terrible appearance, it would have been odd if my brother married you. You have no idea how much our family despised you. Tsk, tsk." The things Mary was saying became increasingly spiteful.
In fact, Xyla was beginning to feel as if Emily Quest had possessed Mary.
Indeed, birds of the same feather flock together.
Emily and Mary had too many things in common. For example, they both had a twisted sense of principles as well as an extremely mean personality.
Apart from being slightly dumber than Emily, Mary was exactly like Emily.
Before Xyla could say anything, Mary hung up.
Not being able to vent her feelings made Xyla feel even more annoyed.
With a deep frown on her face, Xyla called Georgie Clementine on the phone.
"Georgie, it's about time to take action... I'll send details of Josh Batton's fan club, which Mary Sullivan is a part of, to you first and foremost, Coffee Bean's WeChat account, and the phone number of Mary's hacker friend. Contact these people and find ways to get them to reveal the truth and apologize to me," Xyla said.
After that, Xyla forwarded all the information related to 'Josh Batton's Wives' group, which Mary was in, the group leader's Weibo page, as well as the phone number of Mary Sullivan's hacker friend to Georgie. Right after Xyla did so, she hung up.
Meanwhile, Mary let out a long comfortable sigh after hanging up. She then tossed her phone onto a large, soft, pink bed that seemed like it belonged to a teenage girl.
Mary then cheerfully lay down on her bed before sharing the results of her success with her three close female friends on WeChat.
"Sisters, Xyla Quest nearly died after the upsetting things I have said. I called her and yelled at her. Right after doing that, I hung up without even offering a chance for her to say anything in return. Hahaha.” Mary typed.
Immediately after hearing what Mary said, the others spoke up.
"Holy cow!" someone said.
"Mary, can that friend of yours really be trusted? Are you sure he won't be found out?" Another person asked.
"Yeah, I'm a little worried." Someone added.
"Don't worry. Xyla Quest will never be able to find out I did all this. I've erased every single trace I needed to," Mary immediately replied with a voice note.
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Chapter 242
The hate speech against Xyla Quest on the internet intensified.
The comment section on Xyla's Weibo page was too horrible to look at.
People in various groups were adding insult to injury as they made fun of her.
***
After approximately ten minutes, the leader of 'Josh Batton's Wives' group, Coffee Bean personally published a Weibo post to apologize to Xyla and Josh for believing in false rumors and leading the cyberbullying against Xyla. In fact, the leader had even personally tagged Xyla and Josh in the post.
Below the Weibo post, the false accusations made by 'Little Cutie' in the group were pinned at the top.
Xyla directly forwarded the Weibo post and shared a screenshot of Little Cutie's IP address, which indicated she was in the Sullivan family's villa, to the public.
"@MarySullivan, is @LittleCutie your account? Is it fun creating false rumors and pretending to be innocent and kind? It's a shame you didn't become a scriptwriter based on your ability to create an entire story out of a fake picture." Xyla wrote in the caption.
Seconds after the Weibo post was published, over ten thousand comments appeared below it.
"??? Does this mean Xyla Quest is turning the tables?" Someone commented.
"Are you implying that Mary Sullivan came up with the false allegations?" Someone asked.
"What proof do you have that Mary Sullivan made all this up? I'm not going to believe you that easily." Another person said.
"Trying to whitewash yourself so soon? I won't believe you. You are a terrible, old hag!" someone wrote.
In the comment section, many were still debating whether they believed in what Xyla announced.
After nonchalantly going through the comments briefly, Xyla proceeded to upload a full clip of her and Josh Batton watching the show.
"Full version of the recording of the audience section at Chanel's show." Xyla added below the clip.
Not long after Xyla had published this Weibo post, an internet user named 'Paris Piglet' quickly shared the post and apologized to her.
"I am a hacker, and I am also Mary Sullivan's friend. I would like to apologize to you for cooperating with Mary to frame you. I was wrong. I'm sorry, Xyla Quest. Please forgive me." Paris Piglet wrote. Closely after that, the person showed the screenshots of the chat history between him and Mary on WeChat.
The screenshots clearly showed how Mary had planned the whole scheme.
Firstly, Mary had asked Paris Piglet to delete all footage of the audience section during Chanel's show. She then asked him to hack into Weibo's internal system to change her IP address when she created the false allegations in 'Josh Batton's Wives'. She had even asked him to delete the footage of her arguing with Xyla in front of the western restaurant this morning.
Not only that, Mary had even said she would torture Xyla and thoroughly destroy her reputation, among other spiteful comments.
Mary even came clean to Paris Piglet that she had bribed people to cause a scene in front of the Quest Group's office. She had even insisted that they make the problematic situation impossible to resolve. Moreover, Paris Piglet had also pinned Mary's WeChat profile details and her profile picture to prove that he was not lying.
Xyla shared Paris Piglet's post without saying anything.
With such solid evidence, Xyla did not need to say anything further.
As soon as the Weibo post was shared, the turn of the tide was imminent in the comment section.
"D*mn!!! Mary Sullivan, will you just go to hell? You don't deserve to be alive! You're inhuman." Someone wrote.
"Mary Sullivan, if murder wasn't illegal, I would kill you right now. Indeed, none of the members of the Sullivan family is good." Someone added.
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Someone wrote, 'Oh, my goodness. What an evil woman! Mary Sullivan personally set up this entire scheme and even acted all innocent on Weibo. She pretended to be kind. Augh...'
'I really would like to ask, when will Mary Sullivan die? Xyla Quest, I am so sorry. It was my mistake for believing all of this. I must have been blind,' added someone else.
After reading these comments, Xyla immediately let out a long sigh of relief. A satisfactory smile appeared on her face. Closely thereafter, she visited Mary's main account on the 'Mary Sullivan' page. As soon as Xyla opened Mary's first Weibo post, she could see that the comments section was filled with various hateful comments.
Someone wrote, 'I knew you weren't kind! Bullsh*t! Do you enjoy cyberbullying others that much? Today, I'll let you have a taste of your own medicine. Go to hell, will you?' 'Mary Sullivan, you don't deserve to be a human. You don't have a heart. Tsk, tsk. People like you should get run over by a car when you leave the house,' someone added.
'I have lived long enough to see the truth! Tony Sullivan's children are all weirdos. I hope your reputation will be ruined by the truth. Tsk, tsk,' commented another person.
Someone else wrote, 'I hope Xyla Quest will sue you and send you to prison for the punishment you deserve. You have lived a good life for far too long and have nothing better to do. Disgusting b*tch.' When Xyla saw how the hateful comments initially directed at her were now being posted against Mary, she could not help but sigh to herself. Indeed, the good would always triumph over the evil. The smile on Xyla's face widened. Her mood was getting better and better.
Meanwhile, the number of comments on Mary's page was still skyrocketing. Not too long ago, there were only fifty thousand comments. In less than a minute, the comments had exceeded one hundred thousand in total. Moreover, at the rate the comments increased, the trend would definitely continue.
After spending some time going through the comments section, Xyla finally felt satisfied and returned to her own page. As soon as she did so, she saw that Josh Batton had forwarded her own Weibo post of Mary's hacker friend Paris Piglet's apology. In fact, he had even added his own comment alongside it.
'Xyla Quest seducing me? I think it's more like I'm the one trying to seduce her. You people think too highly of me,' he wrote.
When Xyla saw the Weibo post, her heart skipped a beat. Her facial expression quickly turned serious.
Had Josh gone mad? Why did he publicly say that he wanted to seduce her? Was he not aware that his words would cause a huge shift in his fans' mood? What if his fans misunderstood that he really liked Xyla?
Josh's career was still in its early stages. He could not afford to be involved in gossip like this.
Although Josh had published the Weibo post not too long ago, the number of likes, forwards, and comments had already exceeded two hundred thousand.
Someone wrote, 'Ahh... Does that mean Xyla Quest really is innocent? I'm so sorry, Xyla Quest. Oh, yeah. Husband, do you mean to say that you like Xyla? Sob, sob... I'm going through a heartbreak, aren't
1?'
Another person wrote, 'In less than a day, my feelings of hatred for Xyla Quest have turned into feelings of envy and jealousy. Ahhh! Can I please replace Xyla?'
'Therefore, Mary Sullivan was the culprit behind the false allegations? Does that mean Xyla did not want to seduce you, Josh? Were you the one who wanted to seduce Xyla instead? Ahh... Husband, please don't leave. Let's talk about this,' someone added.
'Okay, I admit that I really am jealous. The man of my dreams is actually thinking about seducing another woman. Ahh! Sobs!'
'Mary Sullivan, will you just die? Even if you wanted to set Xyla Quest up, why did you have to drag our favorite youngster down? Sob, sob. Little Josh is all grown up now. He already has thoughts of seducing someone else,' someone wrote.
After reading these comments, Xyla immediately felt a headache coming on.
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What was Josh Batton thinking? As a popular celebrity, he was not supposed to say things like that.
Xyla Quest immediately picked up the phone and called Josh. As soon as he answered, she asked, "Mister, can you please think carefully before you speak?"
"I did think about it carefully. What's the matter? Do you think I said something wrong?" said Josh with a chuckle.
Josh was sitting in the makeup area of a studio while he waited for a magazine shoot. Apart from his stylist and the stylist's assistant, there were many other female staff who worked for the magazine company around him.
He was wearing a white shirt on the inside and a houndstooth coat on the outside. The ladies were all taking photos of him with their phones. Each of them gasped at how handsome he looked while they did
SO.
Although these young women were ogling him, Josh never once looked at them. Instead, he smiled at his own reflection in the mirror, with his phone in his hand, waiting for Xyla to say something.
"Do you have any clue how many young female fans you have? Don't you think they'll be jealous about you saying you intend to seduce me? What if they misunderstand that something is going on between us and you end up losing your fans?" said Xyla after letting out a long, helpless sigh.
"I don't mind," replied Josh.
Xyla felt even more annoyed. "You don't mind, but I do, okay? You are a growing artiste. Could you please look after your reputation?"
"About that, I do look after my reputation," said Josh.
"Do you really think so?"
"Yeah."
"If you do, please explain to the people on Weibo that you were only joking," said Xyla.
With everyone watching him, Josh stood up. "I don't like lying."
After making his way to a corner of the studio where nobody else was around, he leaned lazily against the wall and smiled. When he smiled, it almost seemed like there were stars shining brightly in his eyes. Although the lights in the studio were bright, none of them could compare to the brightness in his eyes.
As soon as Xyla heard what he said, she was stunned. "What do you mean?" she asked with a look of disbelief in her eyes.
Why did Xyla find what Josh said a little romantic? What did he mean when he said he was not lying? Could he really want to seduce her? In other words, did he mean he was into her?
"Idiot. It means what you think it means," said Josh affectionately, chuckling light-heartedly.
Although people walked past him from behind now and then, his full attention was on the phone conversation. Occasionally, someone would stare at his face from the side. However, he would never turn around to look at them.
By now, Xyla was thoroughly shocked. Her heart clenched while her mind went blank. None of this was within her expectations. Josh had never shown any signs of liking her, so Xyla would never have thought that he actually had feelings for her.
A gentle female voice could be heard from the other end of the phone conversation, "Brother Josh... The shoot is about to start..."
Josh hurriedly finished his conversation with Xyla, saying, "Okay, I'll look for you tonight. We can have a good chat then. I'm getting back to work now to earn money for you..." With those final words, he hung up.
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Although the last part of what he said should have been normal, as he indeed worked for X Entertainment and could earn a lot of money for Xyla, she somehow felt it sounded a little romantic. It felt as if a husband was telling his wife 'I am earning money for you to spend'.
After putting her phone down on the table, Xyla felt as if her mind was in a mess.
Regarding Josh, she had never thought about their relationship in that way. Although he was indeed unusually handsome, and everyone who met him would definitely desire him, Xyla was an exception.
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Xyla Quest had always thought of Josh Batton as a business partner. To her, he was merely an artiste who could rake in a lot of money for her company. However, now that he was confessing his feelings for her, how should she reject him? How could she politely reject him without hurting his feelings?
Xyla felt a headache coming on. The more she thought about it, the worse the headache became. Therefore, she opened Weibo once again.
The first thing that came into sight was the note that she had over 9,999 notifications. Subconsciously, she clicked on the notifications panel. There were countless private messages, tags, and comments. Instead of taking a closer look at the comments, she directly opened her private messages. They were all from people who either had Josh's name or his picture on their profiles.
'Sister Xyla Quest, I'm so sorry that I jumped on the bandwagon and insulted you. I'm truly sorry. Mary Sullivan went too far. I will scold her for you,' someone said.
'Sob, sob. My favorite idol has never said something about a woman. You are the first one to experience it. When he said he wanted to seduce you, I think he was being serious. Sister, I am very envious and jealous of you. Also, I'm going to scold Mary Sullivan for you,' someone else said.
'Sister, will you accept my favorite idol? Although I am unwilling to share someone as wonderful as him with another person, I will give you my blessings if you end up getting together. Also, there's something else I want to say even though it might not sound nice-I'm very jealous of you,' another person said.
Most of the private messages sounded rational. Although Josh's fans were emotionally affected, none of them intended to stop being his fan. Moreover, they seemed completely different from the fans of other celebrities. They were actually able to offer their blessings for their idol's love life.
Perhaps, it was because Josh was truly a wonderful person. After all, with his good looks, it was impossible for his fans to abandon him just like that.
After briefly going through her private messages, Xyla exited from the notifications and shifted her attention to the list of most popular topics on the Internet.
Number one: '#Mary Sullivan Frames Xyla Quest#'
Number two: '#Does Josh Batton Like Xyla Quest#?'
Number three: '#Mary Sullivan Cyberbullied#'
Number four: '#Josh Batton#'
The word 'explosive' was at the end of all four hashtags.
Xyla's attention was instantly caught by the third line which mentioned Mary being cyberbullied. She immediately clicked on the link.
Many VIP members were publishing posts about how Mary bribed them to frame Xyla. They were also criticizing Mary for her behavior. Meanwhile, other netizens also expressed their hatred against Mary. The things they wrote were unimaginably vicious.
Whatever Mary had previously planned for Xyla, it was all now happening to Mary herself. The more comments Xyla read, the happier she felt. Once she was satisfied, she went to Mary's main account to have a look.
The first three Weibo posts on her page were filled with hateful comments. Moreover, the comments were equally as spiteful as the ones in the previous articles. Someone wrote, 'Mary Sullivan, you b*tch. I hope you get run over by a car and die when you leave the house. You don't have to apologize. I only want you to die.'
'In order to frame Xyla Quest, you manipulated us Josh Batton fans. You even dragged our idol into this mess. You are a useless snowflake. Go to hell!' added another person.
'Why are there so many people with cancer but you aren't one of them? I hope you get ill and die soon. Don't call yourself Mary Sullivan anymore. You should be called Black Sullivan,' someone else wrote.
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'What a lowly b*tch! You would do anything to have things your way. Are you jealous because Xyla Quest looks better than you, and gets more attention from Josh Batton than you? Disgusting b*tch!' After reading through these comments, Xyla no longer felt upset. All the negative emotions she had been suppressing were now thoroughly gone.
***
At the same time, in the Sullivan family's villa, Mary Sullivan was taking a comfortable milk bath with rose petals sprinkled all around her. After putting her face mask on, she lit a scented candle in her room before sitting in front of her dressing table. She then proceeded to put expensive skincare products on her face.
Completely unaware of what had happened, Mary was in an unusually good mood. When she thought about how Xyla was still being cyberbullied, she felt good about it.
Even taking a simple bath and putting on skincare products at home made her feel unusually happy. The light scent wafting through the air in her room smelled extraordinarily pleasant. Although her face was still swollen, and still hurt a little, it did not affect her good mood at all.
Beep, beep, beep
Suddenly, her phone began to ring next to her. Mary immediately shifted her attention to the phone screen. As soon as she read the message on her phone screen, her eyes nearly popped out of her head in surprise.
'Xyla Quest seducing Josh Batton was purely a false allegation by Mary Sullivan! Now that the truth has been revealed, Mary is being cyberbullied!'
Mary was in shock. Suddenly, she heard a buzzing sound in her head, and it felt as if her head was about to explode. She had definitely covered her tracks well, so how did this happen? What went wrong? How was Xyla able to find out the truth?
Just a moment ago, Mary's face was still glowing with joy. In an instant, it had now turned gloomy, and the light in her eyes had also completely disappeared. Her hands began to tremble subconsciously. Taking a deep breath, she mustered the courage to turn on the news.
In the news, there was a thorough explanation of what happened from the beginning to end. After reading through the content, Mary felt even more doubtful. She clenched her trembling hands together tightly. Mary uttered through gritted teeth, "Xyla Quest, how did you do it? You b*tch!"
Eagerly logging onto Weibo, the first thing that came into sight was the fact that she was being bombarded with notifications. With a deep frown on her face, she clicked on it. Immediately, Mary could see various tags, comments, and private messages directed at her, all of which contained spiteful words.
In fact, they were much worse than the hateful comments Xyla received previously. Many different cruel phrases were thrown at her, which made Mary feel as if someone was repeatedly stabbing the most vulnerable part of her body.
Just as Xyla had slapped her in the face, she now felt as though she was being virtually slapped by all these netizens. After reading what these people wrote about her, Mary felt like she was on the verge of a mental breakdown.
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The person Mary Sullivan had gone against was Xyla Quest, not the netizens. Why were they openly spewing hatred against her? Moreover, why were they being so harsh with their words?
Growing up, Mary had never experienced something like this. She had never been scolded by so many people at the same time. Cyberbullying truly was a frightening thing. Just from briefly going through some of these comments, Mary was already feeling suffocated.
She never would have thought that Xyla could turn the tables against her. Moreover, she did not expect that what she had planned for Xyla would happen to herself in an even worse way. Now, Mary was feeling completely lost and had no idea what she should do. She wished she had a shell to hide in, so that she could avoid being criticized by all these people.
Mary felt angry and fearful! She also felt very hurt! Her originally reddened cheeks were now drained of color-her entire face had gone pale.
After going through some of the items on her list of notifications, Mary directly checked out the list of most popular topics. The first four items came into sight simultaneously. Compared to the news about herself, Mary's attention was much more drawn to the second topic, '#Does Josh Batton Like Xyla Quest?#'
Reading this, Mary felt even more depressed. Feelings of jealousy began to take over. Immediately clicking on the link, the first thing that came into sight was a post shared by a marketing account. Josh Batton had written, 'Xyla Quest seducing me? I think it's more like I'm the one trying to seduce her. You people think too highly of me.'
Since Mary had had a crush on Josh for a long time, she knew very well that he would not easily say these things about just any girl.
Although he seemed kind to everyone and was always polite, there was always a distant feeling that accompanied his politeness. Although it appeared as if anyone could get close to him, the truth was, nobody could ever get close to his heart.
Therefore, for him to say these things about her in public, Mary was certain that Josh must really like Xyla. When she saw how her idol was openly saying these things about the person she hated the most, Mary felt as if she would soon go insane.
On top of that, upon realizing that Josh was saying these things because of the things she did before, she felt even more annoyed with herself.
Mary had always fantasized about how she would get close to Josh through hard work, and eventually have him fall for her. She had even dreamed of how he would propose to her in front of all his fans on Weibo. Whenever Mary thought of that happening, she would feel as if she could die blissfully.
However, all that had now gone down the drain. What Mary desired the most did happen. However, the female protagonist was not herself. Instead, it was the woman she hated the most-Xyla Quest! Why would a wonderful person like Josh fall for Xyla? Why did it have to be Xyla?
Creak...
With Mary's door being opened, her thoughts were interrupted. Tony Sullivan appeared by the door with an ice-cold expression on his face. Mary immediately felt her heart clench as she subconsciously stood up and looked sadly at him.
She began to explain, "Dad, I'm sorry. I only did those things to Xyla because I wanted to avenge our family. It was all going perfectly... I..."
In recent times, her father had been troubled by the things that had been happening to the Sullivan family. Moreover, the Sullivan family's stock price had plummeted due to what happened with Mary's second brother and Emily Quest. Their company image was greatly affected too.
Now, with the mess Mary had made of herself, it only made matters worse. Her father would certainly be enraged.
Wham!
Before Mary could finish her sentence, Tony had walked up to her and slapped her hard. The slap landed on the left side of her face. As soon as that happened, the left side of her face swelled up, matching the right side of her face which was equally swollen.
Once the pain began to spread around her face, Mary broke into tears.
She continued to speak through her tears, "I really just wanted to blow off some steam for our family. Although we don't have proof that Xyla did all those things to us, I know in my heart that she did. That's why
I..."
"Shut up! How dare you still try to defend yourself? Didn't I tell you not to cause any trouble? I warned you not to do anything, no matter how bad you feel. Did you not take what I said seriously? Mary Sullivan, do you want me to break your legs? Is that the only way you will feel satisfied?" yelled Tony with a vicious look in his eyes.
Mary quickly shook her head. "No, Dad, I won't dare to do it again!"
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"I don't want to listen to your apology! Stay in this room and think about the mistakes you have made. Don't go anywhere during this period! If you cause more trouble, I really will break your legs!" yelled Tony before storming out of the room.
The combination of the vicious cyberbullying and the merciless slap from her father left her feeling horrible. All her suppressed feelings instantly drowned her, like lava from an erupted volcano. It felt as if all the colors in the world had faded away.
"Ahhh!" Mary cried out while she stomped her feet on the ground with all her might.
However, the feelings of anger and hatred in her chest were still there. Her little outburst did not make her feel any better.
"Xyla Quest, you b*tch! Just you wait!"
Mary put on a white Chanel woolen dress, black knee-length boots, and a white beret. She then grabbed her black Chanel diamond purse before storming out the door. When Mary arrived downstairs, there was nobody around.
Therefore, she got into a sapphire Lamborghini without any trouble. Right after she did so, she stepped on the accelerator and sped off. Mary was redirecting all her anger into driving the car at top speed. The loud roar of the engine drowned out every other sound.
Mary wanted to go to the Quest family's company to look for Xyla and exact revenge! She would beat that b*tch up. After all, she believed that Xyla was behind all of this.
"Xyla Quest, just you wait!" uttered Mary through gritted teeth, while she glared daggers at the road ahead of her.
Mary was filled with such jealousy and hatred, so much so that she wanted Xyla dead right away!
***
After approximately an hour, Mary finally arrived at the Quest Group. Drifting to a halt in an arrogant manner, she parked right in front of the main entrance. Quickly putting on a mask to cover her swollen face, she got out of the car.
When two security guards saw her, they immediately approached her to stop her.
"Miss, do you have an entry pass?" asked one of them.
Mary snorted coldly. "I don't have an entry pass. However, I am going to enter your building anyway."
"Did you make an appointment in advance?" asked the guard.
Mary snorted coldly again. "No. I'm looking for Xyla Quest. Get out of the way."
"Miss, if you don't have an appointment, you can't enter the company. This is a rule of the company," said the guard.
"Jerk, call Xyla Quest and get her to come down right now! Tell her that Mary Sullivan is here," yelled Mary.
Coincidentally, Xyla was walking out of the office and witnessed the scene. She immediately raised her good-looking brows.
When Mary saw Xyla, her gaze turned even colder. "Xyla Quest! You showed up at the right time. Get your ass over here!" she shouted.
The two security guards proceeded to hold Mary back when they saw this happening. However, Xyla gently raised her hand without changing her facial expression. It was an indication for the security guards to stop what they were doing.
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The two security guards immediately nodded respectfully at Xyla Quest and stopped what they were doing before stepping aside.
Xyla walked slowly over to Mary. Her hands were crossed naturally in front of her chest. Although Xyla seemed like a gentle person, she had a dominating presence.
"Why aren't you enjoying the cyberbullying at home? Why are you here causing a scene at my company?" she asked.
Since Xyla already disliked Mary, she became even more annoyed when she saw how Mary was still behaving arrogantly. Xyla's mood was completely ruined. Apart from Emily Quest and Tom Sullivan, nobody else made her feel as disgusted as Mary.
Mary quickly took a step forward and shoved her hands forcefully against Xyla. "Xyla Quest! Why did you do all this?!"
"I'm just returning the favor. Why else?" replied Xyla, laughing coldly. The people around her immediately felt chills down their spines.
"Do you know what I'm going through because of you? Even if I hurt you, why did you have to go to such an extent to hurt me?" asked Mary.
Seeing Mary behave this way reminded Xyla of Emily.
People like her made mistakes in the first place, and did not feel bad for what they did. However, when other people did the same things to them, they acted as if they were completely innocent victims. The way Mary was questioning Xyla now was exactly something Emily would do.
It was indeed true that birds of a feather flock together.
Like Emily, Mary had a weird outlook on life. It explained why she and Emily could become such good friends. How could somebody think it was wrong for others to fight back in the same way that they offended others to begin with?
Xyla truly wondered if Mary and Emily were brainwashed by an evil cult of sorts.
"Also, how did you find out it was me? I clearly made sure I covered my tracks..." said Mary.
"The police will tell you all about it once you arrive at the police station," said Xyla with a chuckle. Although she was very angry, she maintained a calm composure and seemed as if nothing could make her visibly upset.
"You... What did you say? Are you sending me to the police station? On what basis?"
"On the basis that you harmed another person."
Mary stared at Xyla angrily. "Xyla Quest! If you dare!!!"
"There's nothing I don't dare to do," said Xyla.
"You... you evil woman, you..." Mary retorted.
Finally, Xyla could not tolerate this any longer. She raised her hand and directly slapped Mary across her face. Losing her balance, Mary stumbled and fell to the ground. When her tailbone collided against the floor, Mary felt a sharp pain which hindered her from immediately getting up. In fact, she even lost the energy to speak.
When the two security guards saw what happened, they were in complete shock. Many of the staff in the company also noticed what was going on. They immediately gathered by the door to watch. Each one of them had a look of surprise on their faces.
At the office, Xyla always behaved like a gentle person. None of them knew she was capable of being this dominant and cool when she was angry. They were all taken by surprise!
"You're so annoying. Since you've made your way here on your own, the police won't have to make a trip to your house," said Xyla. She turned to look at the two security guards next to her and waved her hand at them. "Take her to the police station."
The two security guards quickly nodded and lifted Mary off the ground. With one person on each side holding onto her shoulders, they escorted her directly in the direction of the parking lot. Although Mary struggled to set herself free, it was to no avail.
She turned around and shouted madly at Xyla, "Xyla Quest, you are going to get it! Just you wait. My dad won't let you off the hook for this! Don't forget, our family is much richer than yours! Also, our families still have an ongoing project together. If our family withdraws the funds, you won't benefit a single bit! Xyla, don't be so pleased with yourself. You won't be happy for long. If my father makes the decision to pull out, your father will beat you to death!"
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Chapter 250
Mary continued to shout while the security guards dragged her away, "I'm sure you must be happy that Josh Batton likes you, right? I can't believe he would fall for a married woman. Xyla Quest, you must have been flaunting yourself in front of him every day to seduce him. That's why he likes you, right? What a shameless woman! Can't keep your hands to yourself despite being married!
"If you dare get a divorce and get together with Josh, I will ruin your reputation. I'll tell everyone that you had an extra-marital affair with him. I'll ruin the both of you! If you don't want to destroy Josh, I suggest you stay away from him! A married old hag like you doesn't deserve a pure guy like him!"
Xyla stood silently where she was while she watched Mary shouting at her. She could not be bothered to respond. At that moment, Xyla thought of Mary as a complete lunatic. Only after Mary was forcefully shoved into the company's car did Xyla turn around and enter the company.
Right then, she noticed a lot of people were looking at her while they leaned against the glass windows by the door. Everyone was looking at her respectfully. When her gaze met theirs, they instantly raised their thumbs at her. Thereafter, the crowd dispersed, and each employee returned to their original positions.
Xyla chuckled as she fixed her hair. While going through Weibo on her phone, she began walking toward her red Maserati located not too far away.
The first topic she clicked on was '#Does Josh Batton Like Xyla Quest?#'
As soon as Xyla entered the page, she could see that it was bustling with activity.
Apart from some of Josh's fans who were complaining, and others who were offering words of blessing with tears in their eyes while telling Xyla how envious they were of her, there was also a large number of people discussing whether or not she had gotten a divorce. They wondered if Xyla and her husband were in an open relationship as Mary had suggested.
After briefly looking through the comments, Xyla realized that the reason people bought into such ideas was because Josh publicly expressed on Weibo that he was interested in seducing her.
Regardless of whether Josh was joking or not, everyone now believed that Xyla must be single if he had the courage to say those things. Otherwise, he would not have dared express his interest in her even if he was a very courageous person. Therefore, everyone felt certain that Xyla was a divorcee.
As for what Mary said about Xyla being in an open relationship with her husband, none of them believed in that rumor because Mary was not trustworthy to begin with.
When Xyla saw these comments, she could not resist laughing for a while. These netizens truly thought of themselves as detectives.
Recalling what Josh's fans said to her, Xyla realized that most of them supported her getting together with him if they were truly in love with each other.
Truth be told, Xyla wondered if Josh's fans who previously messaged her were influenced by the comments in this news article. Was that why none of them questioned the fact that their idol was interested in a married woman? Did the entire population of the country now believe that she had gone through a divorce?
After getting into her car, Xyla did not immediately turn on the engine. Instead, she forwarded a Weibo post related to her alleged divorce.
To it, she added, 'I am very much in love with my husband, and we have not gotten a divorce. Josh Batton and I are very good friends. What he said was merely an inside joke between the two of us.' Thereafter, Xyla gave Georgie a call, asking her to log into Josh's Weibo account to forward her post and clarify the matter. Based on how well Xyla knew Josh, he would not want to personally clarify such a thing. Therefore, she had no choice but to ask Georgie to do it on his behalf.
In the entertainment industry, the Weibo accounts of all artistes were managed by their respective company's employees. A huge celebrity like Josh Batton was no exception to this rule.
Very soon, Georgie logged into Josh's Weibo account and forwarded Xyla's post to clarify things on Weibo, adding, 'Stop guessing. We really are friends.'
As soon as she forwarded the post from Josh's account, the mood in the comment section for the hashtag #Does Josh Batton Like Xyla Quest?#' immediately changed. Suddenly, everyone was in a good mood.