“You… Why are you here?” Xyla Quest asked in a panicked tone while she turned the engine on.

Stanley Batton was slightly surprised to see her here so coincidentally.

“Stop talking! Drive!” He said in a demanding tone.

As he spoke, he stepped on the accelerator with his foot Within a second, the sports car dashed forward. Xyla immediately grabbed the steering wheel before kicking his foot away to step on the accelerator herself.

“Go to the nearest hospital,” he commanded.

Xyla nodded before floorng on the accelerator.

***

Once they arrived at the hospital, Xyla Quest was shocked to find that the man had three gunshot wounds on his body, with two on his chest and one on his abdomen.

After staying with him while the doctors tended to his wound, she pushed him into his ward.

Despite being covered in blood, his good looks and charm could not be hidden.

Carefully, Xyla helped him to get into bed. “Get your family to come and look after you. I have something else to do, and I have to leave now.”

“Thank you,” Stanley Batton said coldly.

“You’re welcome… You have good looks. Why don’t you do something else instead of being a gangster?

“Isn’t it much more comfortable to earn money by becoming a celebrity than to fight in the streets?” Xyla let the words slip out of her mouth, albeit in a gentle manner.

The man raised his brows slightly before coolly scanning her up and down.

‘What gangster is she on about?’

Did she think of him as that kind of person? What a joke.

“How much can a celebrity earn?” He asked calmly.

“If you’re popular, you can earn a lot…”

“Do you know how much I can make in a day?”

was preaching to deaf ears. Therefore, she decided to stop

a gangster? How could it possibly be a better earning

“Wait a second…”

walking and turned

cheque stained with blood from his pocket. He then folded it

this with you. Thank you

the cheque. However, she then folded it back into a paper plane that it was earlier before she threw it back

for you to keep what happened that night a secret.” Xyla turned around

to look at the man. “Remember what the doctor said. Don’t get your wounds wet. Also, don’t smoke or

glimmered like a pool of

is your name?” Stanley

him, Xyla chuckled

strangers to each other, there was no

disappeared from his sight, the man mumbled to himself, “What an

that, he made a call on his phone. “Send someone over to the municipal hospital. Also, find out more information about the woman who

are

I

Master, are you

Cassidy, do I look like

charismatic. Why would

“…”

***

eight o’clock, news of Josh Batton being signed

its visitor. Its technicians hurriedly

that, it was a cycle of crashing

by messages Georgie Clementine sent

sleepy, Xyla rubbed her eyes and stretched her arms before opening WeChat only to find that

“Good news, President Xyla.”

Josh Batton would join us, our stock

an hour, our stock price has increased by twenty

calmly,

another message came. “Last night, I arranged a welcoming dinner party for Josh Batton at Dreamland Hotel’s Rainforest Windy Night room. Will

“Yes…” Xyla responded.

owner of the company, Xyla definitely needed to be

up with a call

most popular topics. The Sullivan family offered money to remove the search results. However, it was completely out of their control. Angry internet users would not let Tom

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