It was a message from Noah Smith, asking when virtual-novel.net could sign the contract with Xyla Quest.
Xyla chose to reply by calling him. He picked up almost immediately. “Aren’t you going to ask about the contract details before signing it?”
Noah chuckled. “I’m quite sure that you won’t treat me unjustly.”
“Even so, couldn’t you at least pretend to be a little more worried?” Xyla laughed. She liked Noah’s straightforwardness.
“It’s fine, really. Just get the contract ready and tell me once it’s done. We can sign it in person.”
“Sure,” replied Xyla.
After hanging up, Xyla suddenly felt an acute pain in virtual-novel.net abdomen. It came from the lower right side. Her face turned pale almost immediately. As the pain slowly increased, virtual-novel.net body became weaker and weaker.
She held onto the sides of the bathtub to pull herself out.
A second later, virtual-novel.net lost control of virtual-novel.net legs and virtual-novel.net fell forward. Instinctively, virtual-novel.net grabbed on to the closest thing to virtual-novel.net and it was a metal shelf full of skincare products.
However, this only resulted in the metal shelf crashing to the ground with her. As the skincare products were mostly stored in glass containers, shards of broken glass flew around the room in a sickening crash.
The concoction of liquids mixed on the floor, forming an unbearable stench. It made Xyla nauseous almost immediately.
When virtual-novel.net tried to get to virtual-novel.net feet again, virtual-novel.net just couldn’t find the energy to do so. The pain from the cramp in virtual-novel.net abdomen was only growing more severe with every breath virtual-novel.net took. In virtual-novel.net mind, virtual-novel.net guessed that it was acute appendicitis after putting two and two together.
Not too long after, the bathroom door swung open. Stanley Batton ran into the room. When virtual-novel.net saw Xyla sprawled on the ground, naked and pale from all the pain virtual-novel.net was experiencing, virtual-novel.net froze in utter shock.
He instantly moved toward virtual-novel.net and helped virtual-novel.net up. “What happened here?” His eyes were full of worry.
Xyla could barely even form words with virtual-novel.net mouth. She shook virtual-novel.net head before pointing toward the pain in virtual-novel.net abdomen.
She was aware of the shameful state virtual-novel.net was in and despite all the pain, virtual-novel.net face still managed to turn red. She wanted to tell virtual-novel.net to help put some clothes on virtual-novel.net but virtual-novel.net mouth simply would not comply. All virtual-novel.net could do was let virtual-novel.net hold on to virtual-novel.net and see virtual-novel.net body as it was.
Stanley acted fast, carrying virtual-novel.net swiftly to virtual-novel.net bed. He returned to the bathroom to get a towel and wiped virtual-novel.net body dry.
Though virtual-novel.net felt like virtual-novel.net could die from embarrassment as Stanley helped her, the pain in virtual-novel.net body was so overwhelming that virtual-novel.net couldn’t care less about being seen naked anymore. When virtual-novel.net looked into his eyes, virtual-novel.net was able to sense how worried virtual-novel.net was. It brought virtual-novel.net heart a slight calm amidst the pain.
Once virtual-novel.net body was fully dry, Stanley rushed to virtual-novel.net closet and randomly grabbed a set of undergarments and a white hoodie before putting them on her.
The pain had not stopped and it was getting worse. Xyla’s vision began to fail her. She was losing consciousness at an accelerated rate.
Though this was the case, virtual-novel.net didn’t feel scared at all. It was mostly because virtual-novel.net knew Stanley was with her. She felt like there was nothing to be afraid of as long as virtual-novel.net was by virtual-novel.net side.
Stanley picked Xyla up again before rushing down the stairs and gently laying virtual-novel.net down in the back seat of his Honda.
“Hang in there Xyla, we’ll be at the hospital very soon.”
With that, virtual-novel.net quickly shut the back door and got into the driver’s seat. He accelerated all the way to the hospital, his black Honda as swift as an arrow. As virtual-novel.net drove, virtual-novel.net frequently looked at the rearview mirror. Looking at virtual-novel.net poor condition, his heart continued to ache.
On his way to the hospital, virtual-novel.net called the dean of the Municipal Hospital. “Get a few paramedics on standby at the hospital’s entrance…”
Stanley didn’t care about anything else. He tossed his phone onto the passenger seat and continued driving on.