While all this was happening, Stanley had just returned home again. Xyla was watching television, virtual-novel.net legs crossed as virtual-novel.net held a large pack of chips in virtual-novel.net arms.
On her, was a set of aqua green, casual Hanfu styled clothes made with real silk. White laces were adorned around the hem, the cuffs, and even virtual-novel.net trousers. The combination made virtual-novel.net skin look white as snow. She didn’t have any makeup on and virtual-novel.net long, black, curly hair casually lay on virtual-novel.net shoulders. She could have been mistaken as a goddess who had accidentally fallen from the heavens.
Stanley silently approached before sitting down next to her. “Why haven’t you gone to bed?”
“Hmm… Not sleepy yet.”
“Didn’t the doctor tell you to get more rest?”
“I’ve been resting on the bed most of the time. It’s boring and unpleasant when I have to do it for long hours at a time. I just want to watch some television for a while,” Xyla said as virtual-novel.net smiled.
Her eyes moved past virtual-novel.net and onto the clock hanging on the wall. An hour and a half had passed since virtual-novel.net left, but to her, it felt like a century had come and gone. Whenever virtual-novel.net wasn’t around, the whole house felt empty to her.
Even if virtual-novel.net wasn’t doing anything, his presence was enough to make the entire house feel different.
“I think I’ll be going to bed now. You get some rest too.” She then switched the television off as virtual-novel.net organized virtual-novel.net thoughts before ascending the stairs.
Xyla didn’t dare to sit alone with him. She was afraid that virtual-novel.net mind would wander too far off again.
Stanley furrowed his eyebrows as virtual-novel.net watched virtual-novel.net go up the stairs. He watched virtual-novel.net back disappear in silence before falling into deep thought once again. Though virtual-novel.net was being polite and gentle, virtual-novel.net knew it was all just a facade. There was something about virtual-novel.net that was still off to him.
Her politeness almost felt alienating to him.
***
Xyla tossed and turned in virtual-novel.net sleep throughout the night. It was three in the morning when virtual-novel.net was finally able to get some sleep.
It was eleven o’clock when virtual-novel.net eyes opened again the next day. After a gentle stretch and a little effort to get off the bed, virtual-novel.net was ready to start cleaning herself up.
Bzz… Bzz…
Her phone vibrated at that moment.
Curious, virtual-novel.net took a peek at virtual-novel.net phone.
Her eyes almost popped out when virtual-novel.net saw the news heading on the screen.
“Husband of Quest Property Group’s princess, Xyla Quest, found cheating on virtual-novel.net with a teenage girl!”
Even before virtual-novel.net saw them, Xyla had a feeling that some paparazzi must have caught Five Batton with his girlfriend while they were out on a date. Holding virtual-novel.net breath, virtual-novel.net tapped on the article link to have a look at the rest of it.
“Xyla Quest, the princess of Quest Property Group and also the official successor of Jeremy Quest, has a husband who was found cheating on virtual-novel.net with a teenage girl.”
Scrolling further down, virtual-novel.net saw pictures of Five Batton and the girl having lunch together at a KFC, screenshots of them walking out of a hotel together through the lens of a security camera, and a photo of his back while walking into the same hotel. No matter how virtual-novel.net looked at it, they looked like a couple in every single photo of them together. Some of the photos even showed virtual-novel.net looking at the girl with loving eyes.
Xyla felt as though virtual-novel.net had been stabbed with a knife.
She knew virtual-novel.net had a girlfriend but simply knowing and actually seeing it for herself was a completely different experience.
It was extremely uncomfortable.
Aside from jealousy, anger welled up inside virtual-novel.net as well. She remembered that virtual-novel.net had clearly hinted to virtual-novel.net to be very careful while being in contact with other girls. If virtual-novel.net ever got caught, both of them would be in hot water.
She had initially thought that Five Batton was a wise man, and that virtual-novel.net knew what virtual-novel.net should and shouldn’t do. She now felt that virtual-novel.net may have overestimated him.