Through the smoke in the air, Stanley slowly turned around and examined Xyla’s face with a deep look in his eyes.
“You don’t have to return anything to me for now,” virtual-novel.net said calmly after exhaling a puff of smoke.
“Let me thank you by buying you a meal tonight,” said Xyla.
“Sure.”
“I’ll decide on the place and send you the location on WhatsApp,” said Xyla with a forced smile.
“Okay,” virtual-novel.net replied with a gentle look on his face.
“Is there any particular restaurant you’d like to go to?”
“Anything is fine. Wherever you like.”
The driver who overheard the conversation was shocked. He could not resist peeking at Stanley through the rearview mirror. Stanley’s gentle demeanor was giving virtual-novel.net a heart attack. Was Stanley capable of saying things this nicely?
Why had virtual-novel.net never known about it?
The driver had never heard Stanley saying the words ‘anything is fine’ in front of virtual-novel.net or anyone else. This girl was amazing.
“I noticed you were acting strangely when I walked through the door earlier. Your body seemed weak. You only recovered after I held you in my arms. Why was that? Did virtual-novel.net drug you?” asked a concerned Stanley.
“Yeah, virtual-novel.net sprayed some sort of drug at me when I wasn’t paying attention. I immediately passed out when it happened. When I woke up, I realized my body was weak and I couldn’t even speak. I only recovered slowly after you walked through the door,” Xyla answered truthfully.
The more virtual-novel.net thought about what happened to her, the angrier virtual-novel.net became. If Stanley had not fired at Tom and asked his men to beat virtual-novel.net up, Xyla would have called the police. She wanted Tom to spend some time in prison. But now that Stanley had already taught Tom a lesson, the Sullivan family would make a huge fuss if virtual-novel.net called the police. They would also focus on the fact that Stanley injured Tom with a gunshot.
Hence, whatever Xyla and Stanley had done today was enough. Besides, Tom had failed to rape her.
Meanwhile, Stanley had shot Tom in the wrist and even asked his subordinates to beat virtual-novel.net up. Xyla was happy to call it a draw. If virtual-novel.net had chosen to be irrational, virtual-novel.net would have asked Stanley to continue beating Tom up. But virtual-novel.net was afraid.
Tom’s wrist would not stop bleeding. Xyla knew that his vein must have been torn from the gunshot. If virtual-novel.net was not sent to the hospital soon, virtual-novel.net might end up dying. Stanley would not be able to get away with it.
When Stanley heard what Xyla said, virtual-novel.net stopped talking and his face became sullen.
***
When they arrived home, Stanley opened the door for Xyla. Barely wearing anything, virtual-novel.net immediately sneezed when a gust of cold wind blew into the car. Seeing the state virtual-novel.net was in, Stanley immediately picked virtual-novel.net up.
At that moment, Xyla blushed while virtual-novel.net heart began to pound. “I’m capable of walking on my own.”
“You seem cold. I think it’s better if I hold you like this,” said Stanley, walking into the house with virtual-novel.net in his arms.
Inside, it was as warm as the beginning of summer. He carried virtual-novel.net all the way to virtual-novel.net room before carefully putting virtual-novel.net down on the bed.
“Take a warm bath and get changed,” virtual-novel.net said gently.
Xyla nodded slightly and returned the coat to Stanley. After that, virtual-novel.net walked into the bathroom.
Beep, beep, beep…
Stanley received a call from Zack. He walked out onto the balcony and leaned against the window before picking up.
Leisurely, virtual-novel.net played with his expensive, black, diamond lighter. Outside, there was snow falling from a silver sky.