“No…” Stanley said before hugging Xyla tightly, and the two engaged in a passionate exchange. After a long while, Stanley finally let go of Xyla and carried virtual-novel.net into the bathroom to get themselves cleaned up.
Once they were done, Stanley chirpily headed downstairs to make breakfast.
Meanwhile, Xyla dragged virtual-novel.net exhausted body over to the dressing table and sat in front of it. When virtual-novel.net looked at virtual-novel.net reflection in the mirror, virtual-novel.net noticed the red markings all over virtual-novel.net body. A sense of devastation filled her. Xyla realized there was a lot of covering up to do.
After a long, frustrated sigh, virtual-novel.net poured a little bit of toner onto virtual-novel.net hands and patted it against virtual-novel.net face.
Beep, beep, beep…
Right then, virtual-novel.net phone began to ring on the bed. Xyla immediately stood up and continued to pat virtual-novel.net face while virtual-novel.net walked over to the bed to pick up virtual-novel.net phone.
When virtual-novel.net saw that the call was from virtual-novel.net father, virtual-novel.net smiled gently. She answered the call before returning to the dressing table. “Father…”
“Hello, Xyla. Why don’t you come home with Stan for lunch? I’ve got a lot of questions to ask both of you.” Jeremy had spoken in a very straightforward manner, but his tone was as gentle as usual.
“I’ll have to ask if virtual-novel.net is free later. Let me get back to you shortly,” Xyla said.
“Okay,” Jeremy said.
After hanging up the phone, Xyla continued to apply skincare products on virtual-novel.net face and foundation while virtual-novel.net looked in the mirror. After half an hour of hard work, virtual-novel.net proceeded to put on some light makeup. Once virtual-novel.net was done with virtual-novel.net face, virtual-novel.net started applying concealer on the exposed parts of virtual-novel.net body.
The markings only disappeared after several layers of concealer were applied.
Xyla then entered the closet to get changed into a professional-looking, black-and-white dress. After that, virtual-novel.net headed downstairs and into the dining room.
By then, Stanley had finished preparing breakfast and was now setting up the table.
Xyla sat down casually and looked at him. “My father just called and asked us to have lunch back at his place. He also mentioned having questions for us. Do you have time for it?” Xyla asked.
“I will have to make time even if I’m busy. It’s an invitation from my father-in-law, after all.” Stanley chuckled before placing a fork and knife on the plate of sunny-side-ups in front of her. He then sat down.
“In that case, I’ll let my father know that we’ll be heading over at noon,” Xyla said.
“Alright,” Stanley said.
Xyla called Jeremy on the phone right away to tell virtual-novel.net that virtual-novel.net and Stanley would be heading over at noon. After that, virtual-novel.net picked up virtual-novel.net fork and knife and started to eat the delicious breakfast laid out before her.
Ding-dong… Ding-dong…
The sound of the doorbell ringing interrupted the peace and warmth in the dining room. Xyla instantly stood up and was about to head to the door. However, Stanley stood up and stopped her. “I’ll get it,” virtual-novel.net said.
With that, Stanley walked over to the surveillance monitor by the door. He could see that it was Bailey Ronson standing outside the door.
He could clearly see marks from being whipped on virtual-novel.net face and neck. It was a horrifying sight.
Stanley deactivated the doorbell and returned to the dining room…
“Who came by?” Xyla asked curiously when virtual-novel.net saw virtual-novel.net returning.
“Take a guess,” Stanley said with a chuckle as virtual-novel.net sat down on his seat.
“Bailey Ronson?” Xyla asked.
“Yeah. I don’t want to see her…” Stanley said.
“Okay,” Xyla said.
“She was beaten up,” Stanley added.
“Beaten up?” Xyla asked.
“Yeah. There were whip marks all over virtual-novel.net face and neck,” Stanley said.
“I bet Uncle Sullivan must have done it to her. I didn’t actually think virtual-novel.net could be so cruel to Bailey.” Xyla was a little shocked.