Ch. 761..770
Chapter 761
After that, Jeremy Quest turned to look at Xyla again. "Xyla, what do you think?"
He wanted to get Xyla Quest's opinion on the matter.
"I think we can give it a try... If it doesn't work, Emily can come home. That's all, right? Besides, she hasn't won anyway. We can discuss it when she wins..." Xyla said. Emily smiled satisfactorily, but her smile soon disappeared, and she seemed depressed as she did before.
"Let's do as Xyla suggests..." Jeremy said.
May Conner immediately smiled happily. She continued to hold Jeremy's hand and rested her head against his shoulder while looking at Xyla.
"Xyla, wouldn't it have been great if you had studied architecture just like your sister? If you did, you could be designing blueprints with your sister now..." May said.
While complimenting Emily, May didn't forget to insult Xyla. Xyla felt amused, just witnessing that.
"Honey, I think we should make this a big deal. Why don't we invite three celebrities from the architectural field to judge them once these two blueprints are done? We can hold the competition in the office. By doing so, all company employees would be able to see how talented our daughter is...
"Emily will be able to take on the role of manager in the Design department, and nobody would be able to say anything against her..." May added.
Before Jeremy could say anything, Xyla immediately put her cup down and looked at May. "I think we could do that...
"In fact, I think we should have all the company's employees participate as well. We'll be high-profile about it," Xyla said.
"Yeah, we could..." May immediately nodded.
She wanted to show everyone how great Emily was. However, she didn't think Xyla would agree to it.
May thought that Xyla probably didn't think Emily would succeed.
However, it didn't matter. Emily would prove to Xyla how idiotic her decision was right now.
"Xyla, tell your designer friend that he has a week to do it..." Jeremy looked at Xyla and said.
"Okay..." Xyla snapped her fingers decisively.
"Sister, is your designer friend famous?" Emily asked.
"Yes," Xyla said.
"Alright." Emily nodded.
"President Quest, both of your daughters have a bright future. Look at Emily. Despite being new to the field, she is actually brave enough to challenge an established designer. Not many normal people have this kind of courage," Matt Leopold complimented.
Jeremy agreed with him too.
He didn't expect Emily to be this ambitious.
"Who is that designer friend of yours?" Matt asked.
"Let's keep it a surprise. I'll reveal it on the day of the competition," Xyla said and chuckled.
"Haha... Keeping it a surprise? Alright, alright... We'll look forward to the day," Matt said.
Everyone else started laughing.
"Xyla... Thank you," May said as she smiled at Xyla in a friendly manner.
However, Xyla could immediately tell that it was a fake smile.
"Don't worry about it, Aunty." Xyla smiled in return before sipping on her tea again.
After that, the few designers began giving Emily all sorts of compliments.
Xyla felt awkward listening to them.
Xyla was very curious about what Emily would do next after stealing her work to make their father proud.
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Chapter 762
Chapter 762
Which blueprint would Emily Quest steal from the ones Xyla Quest threw away?
Xyla was really looking forward to finding out.
"Beep, beep, beep..." Right then, Xyla's phone started ringing.
When she saw it was a WeChat video call from Stanley Batton, she immediately smiled. Xyla got up and walked over to the french window before answering the call. Very soon, Stanley's face appeared on the phone screen.
He was wearing a well-ironed white shirt. His hair was airy and volumized, and it seemed he had only just washed it.
Without any wax on his hair, it seemed naturally curvy.
Since this hairstyle covered his fierce-looking brows, it made Stanley appear less intimidating.
"Honey, isn't it ten o'clock at night where you are? Why aren't you asleep yet?" Xyla asked.
"Hmm. I wanted to check on you before I sleep,” Stanley said, smiling.
When Xyla heard that, she immediately started laughing. "Well, you have done it now. Go to bed. I'm at my father's place."
"Hmm... Do you miss me?" Stanley asked.
"Yeah. There are guests here. Be careful with what you say..." Xyla reminded him for fear that he might say something inappropriate. "Okay... Pass your phone to Dad... I want to say hello," Stanley said.
Xyla instantly brought the phone over to Jeremy.
When Jeremy saw Stanley, he waved passionately at him. "Hey, Stan... How are you?"
"Hey, Dad. How have you been for the past few days?" Stanley asked.
"All is well. Have things been going smoothly for you overseas?" Jeremy asked.
"Very much so..." Stanley said.
"Take care of yourself. Don't exhaust yourself too much..." Jeremy said.
"Okay, I will. Take care of yourself too, Dad." Stanley was behaving like the perfect son-in-law when he spoke to Jeremy.
"Dad, I discovered a new painting by a famous artist. I'll bring it home to you when I return..." Stanley added.
When Jeremy heard this, he was overjoyed.
After giving his precious art piece away from before, Jeremy constantly felt as if something was missing.
He wanted to buy another one like it, but he hadn't been able to.
The three architectural designers who overheard this conversation were all stunned.
Was this how a rich person's world worked?
They gave each other expensive art pieces for fun.
Everyone started feeling envious of Jeremy.
"Stan... You're too kind." Jeremy seemed very satisfied.
"As I should be, Dad. Could you pass the phone back to Xyla, please..." Stanley said.
Jeremy immediately returned the phone to Xyla.
"Honey... Go to your room for a while... I have something to tell you," Stanley added.
His voice was crisp and hypnotic. Xyla's heartbeat quickened when she heard it.
Obediently, Xyla went upstairs with her phone. After entering her bedroom, she locked the door from the inside.
After Xyla left, the designers downstairs began praising Jeremy once again.
However, this time, they were no longer praising Emily. Instead, they had shifted their attention to Xyla.
With attention taken away from her yet again, Emily felt extremely jealous.
She didn't even get their full attention for very long before Stanley's video call stole the limelight away from her.
Xyla sat on her bed before looking at Stanley on her phone screen. "What did you want to tell me?" She asked.
"Honey... I miss you," Stanley said.
"Hmm..." Xyla murmured.
Chapter 763
Chapter 763
"Take off your clothes and show me..." Stanley Batton said.
Xyla Quest immediately felt her heart tighten. "Stanley, are you crazy?"
"Be a good girl..." Stanley's voice was persuasive and seductive...
***
After ending the video call, Xyla quickly adjusted her clothes and calmed herself down before heading downstairs.
Everyone was still chatting downstairs.
They were talking about how great Stanley was...
"President Quest... Your son-in-law, Stanley, really is amazing. I was told that he's a business prodigy."
"That's what I heard too. He's great at managing his business. Not only that, but he also looks very talented."
"Your daughter managed to marry such a good man. You're very lucky."
"More importantly, your daughter is very talented too..."
The architectural designers were still offering compliments to Jeremy Quest.
Xyla was quite happy to hear all these things.
Slowly, she returned to her seat and poured everyone a cup of tea yet again. She poured a cup of tea for herself last.
"Xyla... What were you talking to Stan about? You chatted with him for an hour..." Jeremy asked curiously.
"Nothing much. We were just casually chatting..."
After saying that, the things they did over the video call began playing in her mind like a movie.
Xyla had no idea they could do things like that over the phone.
Stanley had unlocked a whole new world to her.
When Xyla thought of this, she started blushing again.
Having noticed Xyla's face turning red, Sally chuckled. "They must have been sharing an intimate conversation. Look at Xyla. Her face is red. It looks like this Dragon Group's heir is very good at keeping his wife happy..."
Emily Quest was being ignored again, and it made her feel extremely upset.
Her facial expression suddenly darkened. She started pressing her thumb forcefully against her index finger.
"Yeah. Stan is really good at keeping his wife happy. He treats her like a princess," Jeremy said proudly.
"It's almost time. Let's have lunch..." May Conner stood up and changed the topic.
She didn't want to listen to everyone complimenting Xyla and Stanley.
It made her feel nauseous.
Jeremy instantly stood up. "Alright. Let's wash our hands and eat..."
Xyla stood up as well. She walked over to Jeremy and held his arm before leading everyone to the basin to get their hands washed.
After that, they all sat at the dining table.
***
After eating at the Quest family's house, Xyla grabbed her platinum Hermes bag and got into her red Maserati.
She put on her sunglasses and turned on the engine. After that, she made a cool drift before speeding out of the compound.
It was getting late. Xyla needed to get back to work.
After Xyla had left, the designers, too, left one after another.
Once Jeremy had sent all of them off, he got into his car and headed to the office.
Emily and May watched Jeremy leave before looking at each other. They held each other's hand and walked over to the couch to sit down. "Emily, are you confident this time?" May asked.
"Naturally..." Emily said confidently.
May patted Emily's shoulder satisfactorily. "In that case, good luck... Try to beat Xyla's designer."
Emily snorted coldly. "Oh, yeah. Mom, did you do what I asked you to?"
May also snorted coldly. A glimmer of light appeared in her eyes. "Of course..."
Chapter 764
Chapter 764
At night, the entire city was lit up with neon lights.
After finishing up her work, Xyla slowly pushed the large pile of documents in front of her forward.
Her neck started to ache badly. Carefully, she stretched her neck a little before standing up and stretching.
Xyla then turned around and looked at the beautiful view of the city under the night sky.
Criss-crossed layers of roads were now full of cars. The bright lights from the cars made these roads look like streams of golden river.
From afar, the view was very majestic.
Xyla didn't want to leave. After looking at the view for a while, she sat down and retrieved a half-completed blueprint of an ocean theme park from her drawer. She began to draw carefully on it.
At eight o'clock in the evening, Xyla began feeling a little hungry. She carefully put her blueprint back in the drawer before carrying her platinum Hermes purse and walking out of the office. When the bodyguards standing outside the door saw her, they immediately nodded at her respectfully. After that, they quickly followed her.
"Beep, beep, beep..." As soon as Xyla walked out of the office, her phone started ringing.
She was greeted with a cold breeze. When the breeze got beneath her clothes, she shivered.
The weather was slightly unusual this year in Atlantis, unlike in past years.
Although it was already the end of spring, it still felt as cold as the beginning of spring on certain nights.
The roses by the road not too far away had already been moved from pots to the ground. They were in full bloom.
Another breeze brushed by, and a soothing scent of the flowers wafted over.
When Xyla saw that it was Georgie Clementine calling her, she immediately picked up the call. Escorted by the bodyguards, she got into her red Maserati right away. One of the bodyguards closed the door after Xyla. She immediately turned on the engine and drove onto the road.
Meanwhile, the bodyguards quickly got into their car and followed her from behind.
"What's up, Georgie?" Xyla drove with one hand as she retrieved her earphones from her purse with the other hand and put them on.
"Isn't Stanley out of town for work? I was worried that you might feel lonely. That's why I wanted to invite you to the bar for a drink..."
On the other end of the call, Georgie was standing with a smile outside Unconscious Bar's main entrance, where many people walked past her to get in or out.
Georgie was wearing a short, black, skin-tight dress with spaghetti straps. She was also wearing a dark blue denim jacket over it and a pair of black high heels. With her hair pulled back into a bun, coupled with intricate make-up on her face, Georgie was glowing...
"Sure... Where are you now?" Xyla asked.
"In front of Unconscious Bar. I'll book a room and let you know later," Georgie said.
"Okay."
After that, Xyla hung up the phone directly and began driving quickly to Unconscious Bar.
When she arrived, she parked her red Maserati in front of the bar, next to a row of Benz and Cayenne cars that belonged to her bodyguards.
The majestic scene attracted a lot of attention.
Xyla was the first to get out of her car.
After that, a group of men dressed in black also got out of their cars.
Xyla led the rest of them into the bar.
At this hour, the bar was very crowded.
The DJ was playing an upbeat song that could be heard throughout the large hall.
In this bizarre world, a large group of young men and women were having the time of their lives. All their worries were temporarily forgotten.
As soon as Xyla walked in, she attracted a lot of attention from countless men in the bar.
However, she ignored all of them. She took her phone out to look at the room number Georgie had sent her. After that, she took the elevator to the designated floor.
Surrounded by bodyguards, Xyla soon got out of the elevator and started walking to the room Georgie had booked.
"Bang-"
Just as Xyla walked past the restroom, she heard something being smashed inside.
Subconsciously, she looked over at the half-closed door.
What she saw next made her subconsciously shudder.
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Chapter 765
Through the door's gap, Xyla Quest saw two people.
She recognized that one of them was Christopher Lancelot.
The other person was a lady who seemed to be close to Christopher's age.
The woman was kneeling on the ground with her hands raised in a surrendering motion. Her purse was open, and items like her perfume bottle and make-up were sprawled all over the ground... Christopher stood in front of her like a godly figure as he pointed a black gun at her forehead. The black and white parts of his eyes were distinct, and he had a murderous look in his eyes. Christopher was wearing a white shirt and long black pants.
His skin was covered in blood. The gangster-like aura about him grew stronger.
The woman was wearing a bright, red dress. She had been shot in the shoulder, and the bleeding wouldn't stop.
"Tell me... Who asked you to assassinate me?" Christopher asked coldly.
"If... If I tell you, will you let me go?" the woman asked.
"It depends on my mood..." Christopher said.
"It's Michael..."
"Michael? I can't believe it's him!" Christopher's gaze instantly turned cold.
"He said that since he's your right-hand man, he'd take over everything when you die..." The woman added.
Christopher didn't say anything. Instead, he continued pointing the gun at the woman's forehead and loaded the gun...
"What... What are you doing?" the woman asked.
"I'm not in a good mood..." Christopher said.
With that, Christopher placed his finger on the trigger.
Just before he pulled the trigger, he casually glanced at the half-closed door.
He was able to see Xyla through the door's gap.
"Consider yourself lucky..." Christopher snorted coldly before putting his gun back into the gun-pouch around his waist. After that, he retrieved a pair of handcuffs from his pocket and put them on the woman to restrain her.
In the end, Christopher opened the door and looked at Xyla. "It's been a long while..."
Suddenly, the murderous look in his eyes faded away completely. He was now smiling.
The woman let out a long sigh before helplessly sitting down on the floor. Her face was pale.
Christopher's words made Xyla snap back to her senses.
She could already figure out what had transpired between Christopher and that woman.
It was likely that Christopher's right-hand man, Michael, had tried to assassinate him by hiring a pretty woman to do it.
In the end, not only did he fail, but he had also exposed himself.
Meanwhile, the woman who was here to assassinate Christopher nearly lost her life too.
Earlier, Christopher had made up his mind to kill the woman. In fact, he was ready to pull the trigger.
However, he stopped when he saw Xyla.
Was he worried that she might call the cops?
Or did he want to avoid tainting her mind?
Xyla thought that it was most likely the latter.
"Did you get hurt?" Xyla asked.
Christopher chuckled. "Who do you think I am? Would I easily allow someone to hurt me? Give me a second..."
After that, Christopher closed the door right away.
In the next second, strong murderous intent filled him once more.
The woman shuddered before subconsciously backing away from him. "You... You said you weren't going to kill me, right?"
"Don't be nervous... I'm only not killing you because I don't want to taint the mind of the person outside. I'm prepared to spare your lowly life. If you're a smart person, go back and tell Michael you've already killed me... Do you understand?" Christopher said coldly. He was like an emperor who controlled the entire world.
"Understood," the woman replied carefully.
Christopher smiled a little. He picked up his coat and put it on. He retrieved a black pill with one knee on the ground and put it close to the woman's mouth... "Swallow it..." He ordered coldly.
Chapter 766
Chapter 766
The woman didn't dare to refuse. She swallowed the pill right away, frowning as she did so because of the bitter taste.
"Your gut has been poisoned. Without the antidote, the poison will make your gut rot away, and you'll die in seven days. As long as you do as I say, and once Michael is dead, I'll get someone to send you the antidote..." Christopher Lancelot said.
The woman nodded furiously with a fearful look in her eyes...
Without saying anything else, Christopher uncuffed the woman. "Before you go, clean this place up..."
"Yes..." The woman said with a respectful nod.
After that, Christopher slowly stood up and opened the door as if nothing happened. He looked over at Xyla, who stood by the entrance.
Lazily, Christopher leaned against the door and watched her. He still seemed like a thug. "What a coincidence that I bumped into you here... You used to go out with a group of people... Why are you alone today? In fact, you nearly..." Xyla trailed off. Something bad nearly happened to him.
"I was just playing along. Do you believe me?" Christopher chuckled.
He felt suspicious about that woman long ago.
That was why when the woman took the initiative to seduce him and even asked him out to have fun, Christopher agreed without even thinking about it.
After that, he secretly gathered his men to wait outside the bar for an ambush.
He was planning to bait the woman's boss out by himself, but he didn't expect this woman to be doing this alone.
Christopher wasn't sure if his enemy was too dumb or if that person had underestimated him.
When the woman tried to kill him earlier, Christopher wanted to find out everything and kill her right away.
After killing her, Christopher would use her phone to contact the person who instructed her to kill him. Christopher would let the person know that he was dead.
After that, Christopher would kill that person once his guard was down, ending things once and for all.
However, after bumping into Xyla Quest, his plan changed. He didn't want to kill someone in front of her. He didn't want to taint her eyes.
Hence, he changed his mind.
"I believe you," Xyla said confidently.
Who was Christopher?
He was like a king in this environment. In his position, why would he put himself in danger?
Also, how could anyone easily fool him?
"What will you do to the person inside?" Xyla asked.
"Don't worry. She will take care of herself, and she'll remove all evidence," Christopher replied.
When Xyla heard this, she gently brushed her hair. "Since you're fine... I'll go look for my friend..." Xyla said.
However, Christopher didn't seem to want to let her leave. He grabbed her by the wrist.
"What is it?" Xyla pulled away and asked.
"Nothing. It's so hard to bump into you. Now that we've met in a bar, aren't you going to buy me a drink?" Christopher asked.
"I'm sure you must have a lot of work to deal with, right? You probably won't have time to drink with me," Xyla said.
After finding out who was trying to mess with him, Christopher naturally would take action against that person. Why would he have time to drink with her?
"I'm just kidding... To be honest, I have a question for you..." Christopher said.
"What is it?" Xyla asked.
"Do you love Stanley Batton a lot?" He asked.
"Yes..." Xyla answered.
"If you lose him, would you kill yourself?" he asked.
"Probably not. But I'd feel very miserable as if half my life is gone..." Xyla said honestly.
Xyla loved Stanley more than she loved herself. If she lost him one day, it would probably be very devastating.
"In that case, do you know that he..." Christopher stopped himself halfway through the sentence.
"What is it?" Xyla asked.
"Forget it... Nothing... Some things are better, not known." Christopher waved his hand dismissively after stopping himself short of saying what he wanted to. Xyla began to feel curious after hearing what Christopher said.
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Chapter 767
"What exactly is it?" Xyla Quest asked.
"Nothing... I have to go..." Christopher Lancelot chuckled.
"Tell me, what is it?" Xyla wouldn't stop asking.
Now that she was curious, not being able to get an answer made her feel terribly awful...
"Don't overthink. There's nothing to it..." Christopher ruffled her hair before walking away.
"Does Stanley have another woman out there?" Xyla asked.
She didn't think this was possible.
"No..." Christopher said.
"What is it then? Christopher, tell me..." Xyla said.
"Nothing. It accidentally slipped out of my mouth wrongly. I have to go..." With that, Christopher turned around and left.
However, Xyla's doubts didn't go away just because he was gone.
What was Christopher trying to ask her?
Xyla couldn't understand despite how hard she thought about it. It felt as if her mind clouded with doubts.
Right then, the door to the room nearby opened.
Georgie Clementine walked out.
When Georgie saw Xyla, she smiled. "I've been waiting for you all day. Why are you standing over here? You should've come to see me right away." "Oh. I bumped into an old friend. We talked for a bit..." Xyla said.
"Let's go..." Georgie grabbed Xyla's hand and led her into a room nearby.
The bodyguards quickly followed them and stood outside the door. They were there to protect Xyla.
After entering the room, Xyla still couldn't stop thinking about the question Christopher brought up.
He must have known something that she didn't, and it was probably nothing good...
Sensing that Xyla was distracted, Georgie pulled her onto the soft, red couch. "What are you thinking about? You seem lost in thought," Georgie said. "It's nothing..." Xyla shook her head.
"Sing with me?" Georgie asked.
Xyla nodded. She then chose a song titled 'Summer's Breeze' and started singing a duet with Georgie.
***
After Christopher walked out of the bar, a group of men dressed in black immediately got out of several luxury cars.
They rapidly formed a majestic line in front of Christopher before bowing to him respectfully.
Christopher gently rubbed his chin before glancing at them. After that, he fixed his eyes upon a man dressed in black who stood at the front. "Tucker..." He waved his hand at Tucker.
Tucker quickly approached Christopher. "Master Lancelet, how may I assist you?"
"Bring some people with you to kill Michael..." Christopher said.
"Yes!"
"Nip things at its bud. I want none of his family members spared!" Christopher added blandly as if he was asking his people to kill animals.
After that, Christopher calmly tucked his hands into his pockets and walked toward his black Rolls-Royce limousine.
A few men dressed in black quickly stepped forward and escorted him over to his car, and they opened the door for him.
Under the night sky, Christopher got into the car with his body still emanating a strong murderous aura.
He seemed colder than the harsh moonlight.
Very soon, Tucker got into the car from the driver's side.
Other people got into their respective cars.
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Chapter 768
After the car engine was turned on, Christopher Lancelot slowly closed his eyes and began to rest.
"Master Lancelot... Xyla Quest is surrounded by a group of bodyguards lately. Do our people still need to protect her secretly?" Tucker asked as he glanced at Christopher, who sat in the back, through the rearview mirror.
Christopher slowly opened his eyes. He was tapping his thigh gently with one finger. "Yeah..."
"Okay," Tucker said.
"Has anything bad happened to Xyla recently?" Christopher asked.
"No," Tucker said.
Christopher didn't say anything else. Instead, he silently closed his eyes again.
"Master Lancelot... To be honest, you don't have to be so nice to her. She will never be yours," Tucker said.
"You're nosy," Christopher said.
Tucker immediately shut up and didn't dare say another word.
"Oh, right... Has Xyla faced any challenge in her business?" Christopher asked.
"Not really..." Tucker said.
"Hmm." Christopher became completely quiet after that.
There wasn't a single sound in the car.
Tucker silently glanced at Christopher through the rearview mirror once again. He could sense that Christopher really did treat Xyla differently from the rest. Christopher was always harsh and merciless with everyone else. The only person he was protective of was Xyla.
Christopher always asked for something in return whenever he did someone a favor. However, with Xyla, he didn't ask for anything at all. In fact, he always silently did things for her.
Tucker figured that Christopher had probably decided to give Xyla everything he had to offer in this lifetime.
***
Xyla couldn't stop thinking about Christopher's question all night long. She seemed very distracted.
After getting home, she turned on the tap to fill the bathtub with warm water. She then washed her face and put on a face mask.
Later, she added bubble soap and rose petals into the bathtub. Quickly, she submerged herself into the bathtub.
The warm sensation made her feel relieved from all the exhaustion.
Slowly, she leaned against the bathtub and closed her eyes.
Christopher's question popped up in her mind yet again.
Since she couldn't figure it out no matter what, she decided not to think about it at all...
After soaking herself in the water for twenty minutes, Xyla was beginning to feel sleepy.
Hence, she removed her face mask and stood up. She was ready to go back to her room. Right then, Stanley Batton's video call came in.
Xyla sat back in the water. She couldn't help but smile sweetly.
It was at ten o'clock. That meant it was probably already in the morning where Stanley was.
Xyla quickly dried her hand and picked up the call.
On the screen, Xyla could be seen submerged in snowy white soap bubbles. Only her stunningly lovely collarbones were showing. With mist surrounding her smooth, gentle skin and her cheeks slightly blushed, she seemed even rosier than the flower petals.
Meanwhile, Stanley appeared to have just woken up. He was sitting at the head of the bed, and he had nothing on but a white bathrobe. "What do you want?" Xyla asked.
"Just checking on you..." Stanley said.
"Aren't you checking on me a little too often?" Xyla smiled deeply.
"Yeah. I don't feel safe leaving my pretty wife at home, all alone..." Stanley said.
"Are things going well over there?" Xyla asked.
"Yeah, very well..." Stanley replied.Chapter 769
Chapter 769
"That's good," Xyla Quest said.
"What about you. Did you miss me?" Stanley Batton asked.
"Yeah, I do..." Xyla answered honestly.
"Be a good girl and wait for me. I'll come back as soon as I'm done with work. Do you want any gifts?" Stanley said.
"Can I ask for anything?" Xyla asked.
"I'll give you anything you want," Stanley said.
"Can you give me the stars in the sky if that's what I wanted?" Xyla said jokingly.
"That's way too easy. Once they discover a new star in the galaxy, I'll purchase it and name it after you..." Stanley said.
Xyla immediately felt warmth spreading in her heart when she heard this. "I was just kidding. I don't want anything but you..."
When they finished talking, it was already eleven o'clock.
Xyla went into the shower to wash her hair and to clean off the soap bubbles all over her body. After that, she wrapped herself in a white bathrobe and quickly stood in front of the dressing table.
Once she dried her hair, she applied some skincare product on her face. She then dragged her exhausted body over to the bed and fell asleep on it.
However, Xyla didn't sleep very well.
She was dreaming all night long.
There were all sorts of terrible dreams.
When Xyla woke up in the morning, she felt exhausted. It was as if there was a large, gloomy cloud looming over her head.
The exhaustion made her entire body feel uncomfortable.
After trying very hard to sit up, she forced herself to get out of bed and clean herself up.
The cold water helped her feel much better and awake, and her headache no longer felt as bad.
After quickly drying her face, Xyla put on make-up and began driving to Quest Group at top speed...
While driving, Xyla could see from afar that Sebastian Brenand was sitting by the road, seemingly dull.
There was a red Lamborghini that had smoke coming out of it behind him.
By the looks of the severely dented hood, the car appeared to have been badly damaged.
Meanwhile, several trees around the Lamborghini had been knocked down, and they sprawled all around it.
The car itself was a limited-edition Lamborghini worth up to thirty million dollars.
A lot of people had gathered around Sebastian.
Sebastian, on the other hand, was seemingly speaking something into his phone.
When Xyla saw this, she immediately drove closer to Sebastian and stopped before quickly running over. "What happened?" she asked.
After getting closer, Xyla noticed extremely dark eye circles under Sebastian's eyes. He looked as if he hadn't slept for days.
There was also a patch of slightly overgrown beard hair under his chin. He seemed to be in an extremely downtrodden state, and he no longer looked as sharp and charming as he did before. Xyla knew that Sebastian had been going through a lot of pain lately because of Rachel Wood, but she didn't think it would be this bad.
He seemed completely drained of color.
Sebastian slowly lifted his head up, and weakly looked at Xyla. "Yeah... Just as you can see..." He shrugged nonchalantly.
"Did you get hurt?" Xyla asked.
"No... But the car's probably scrap metal now. I just called the car-towing service... Let's go. Can you give me a lift?" Sebastian asked. After that, Sebastian got into Xyla's car right away.
Xyla quickly got in from the other side.
"Are you sure it's okay to just leave your car behind like this?" Xyla asked.
"What could possibly go wrong? Let's go... Please take me to the nearest hotel. I want to get a room and sleep," Sebastian said.
Xyla didn't ask further. She turned on the car engine. "How did you end up running into trees? It's a wide highway."
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Chapter 770
"I zoned out all of a sudden..." Sebastian Brenand said.
Gradually, their car moved away from the scene of the accident. Through the rearview mirror, Xyla Quest could see that the traffic police had arrived.
The crowd surrounding the car was getting larger.
"You really are something... Don't you know that you have to pay full attention while you're driving?" Xyla said.
"Alright, stop nagging at me, Xyla. I'm fine, anyway. Let me be quiet for a while..." Sebastian said.
Xyla was speechless.
She drove Sebastian to the nearest hotel, Palace Hotel.
Once the car stopped, Sebastian let out a helpless sigh. "Thank you, Xyla. I'll get going then..." he said.
"Don't you need me to help you sort things out?" Xyla asked.
"It's okay. The traffic police will come to me... Besides, I didn't hurt anyone. There's nothing much to deal with..." With that, Sebastian waved at Xyla and turned around to leave. "Sebastian..." Xyla couldn't help but call out.
"What is it?" Sebastian suddenly stopped walking and turned around to look at her.
"Haven't you found Rachel?" Xyla asked.
Although Xyla wasn't close to Sebastian and had never interacted much, she still thought of him as a close friend because of his brotherly relationship with Stanley Batton. Stanley's friend was her friend too.
When Sebastian heard this, his eyes turned red.
He smiled bitterly before opening the door and sitting back down on the passenger seat. "I found her..." he said helplessly.
"Does she not want to come back?" Xyla asked
"If that were the case, everything would have been fine..." Sebastian said.
Xyla was confused by what he said. "What do you mean?"
"She f*cking got married," Sebastian said through gritted teeth.
"What?" Xyla was utterly confused. She couldn't believe what she just heard.
Sebastian immediately told Xyla about everything that happened in Edgewater...
Xyla was completely shocked by what he told her.
She didn't expect things to turn out like this.
At first, Xyla thought Rachel cared a lot about Sebastian. She didn't think this would happen...
"Aren't you shocked? To be honest, I was f*cking shocked too... But after thinking about it carefully, I don't think I have any right to be angry at her.
"So what if she didn't love me? When I asked her to be my lover, I told her clearly...
"I said that I could give her a lot of money, but no emotions would be involved. I told her not to fantasize about anything more than what we had...
"To be honest, she didn't love me from the start. It must have had something to do with the things I said, right? I deserved to be thought of as a disgusting person... "The way I lived was too f*cking filthy. She had every right to feel disgusted with me...
"I think I was only angry at her that day because I couldn't have her... I was just too embarrassed..." Sebastian laughed bitterly.
Seeing Sebastian like this made Xyla feel awful on the inside.
Since the dawn of history, no heroic man had been able to escape the allures of pretty women. Even a womanizer like Sebastian couldn't avoid such a fate.
"Well, she doesn't love you at all. It's completely one-sided on your end, and she already has another man. You should stop thinking about her... You need to live your own life. There'll be a better woman waiting for you somewhere down the line," Xyla said while gently patting Sebastian's shoulder.
"I will never allow myself to fall in love again. Come to think of it. It's much better to be a playboy... I won't get hurt if I don't feel anything," Sebastian said.
He then got out of the car and walked away without turning around.
Xyla let out a long, helpless sigh before driving her car in the opposite direction. She was heading to Quest Group now.
Throughout the drive, she couldn't stop thinking about what Sebastian said before he left.