Rachel Wood was all that was on his mind. She had hurt virtual-novel.net badly. She belonged to somebody else now. Nevertheless, Sebastian Brenand could not stop thinking about her.
Though virtual-novel.net thought of becoming a playboy again, virtual-novel.net was simply not interested in other women anymore. Rachel was the only one in his mind and heart. He could not forget about virtual-novel.net no matter how hard virtual-novel.net tried. He even doubted himself sometimes.
Perhaps virtual-novel.net had betrayed and disappointed too many innocent girls in the past. Rachel was simply divine retribution for his misdeeds.
“But that girl is different…” Sebastian’s mother said again.
“Mom… Please… Leave me alone, okay?”
Following that statement, Sebastian hung up the phone. He opened the gallery on his phone and found Rachel’s picture.
This was the only picture of virtual-novel.net in his gallery.
In the picture, Rachel was wearing an apron, happily painting at the art studio. She looked as gentle as a dove.
Sebastian found virtual-novel.net attractive when virtual-novel.net painted, so virtual-novel.net took a picture of her. That photo had been on his phone ever since.
When virtual-novel.net returned from Edgewater, bruised and scarred, virtual-novel.net had the urge to delete that photo. However, virtual-novel.net failed to do so.
***
After Xyla finished virtual-novel.net work at three o’clock in the afternoon, virtual-novel.net went to the supermarket to buy groceries under virtual-novel.net bodyguards’ watchful eyes. Then, virtual-novel.net went home right away.
This was the first time virtual-novel.net master stayed over at virtual-novel.net house. She wanted to make a delicious meal for him.
When virtual-novel.net returned home, Stanley Batton and Ron Batton were both not at home. After putting all the groceries in the kitchen, Xyla gave Sharon Lindt a call to invite her, Wilson Batton, and Catherine Batton to come over and have dinner together.
Sharon accepted virtual-novel.net invitation without hesitation. After that, Xyla texted Stanley and informed virtual-novel.net about the family dinner tonight.
While all these were happening, Stanley was having a meeting in the conference room. The man sat in the middle of the table, wearing a well-fitting black suit with a white shirt inside. His domineering aura was palpable.
Seeing Xyla’s message, the coldness on the man’s face instantly melted away and was replaced by tenderness. His fondness for Xyla was overflowing from his eyes as virtual-novel.net read the message.
The executives, who were initially expressing their opinions with trepidation, were all paralyzed to their spots when they noticed the changes in their boss’s expression.
It happened as fast as a tornado.
“I’ll go back now to prepare the meal with you,” Stanley replied.
“Aren’t you busy?”
“No, I’m not,” Stanley reassured Xyla.
Stanley shoved his phone back into his pocket, got up, and turned to Zack Cassidy. “I’ll leave the meeting to you. I have to go now.”
Zack nodded respectfully. With that, Stanley stalked out of the conference room without saying a word.
Immediately after virtual-novel.net left, all the executives started to exchange looks with each other. Whispers and babbles of voices swarmed across the room in the very next second.
“Aye… Our president has gone to accompany his wife again, right?”
“Our young mistress is really something, eh?”
“In the past, if someone told me that our president is a love maniac, I would never have believed it.”
“I had always thought that being our president’s girl must be a very miserable experience. I was wrong. I’m sorry, my dear president.”
Zack listened to the crowd’s discussion in silence. He strongly agreed with some of them, though virtual-novel.net never had the gut to express his thoughts.
After texting Stanley, Xyla sent Josh Batton a message, too, telling virtual-novel.net that his grandfather was back. She asked virtual-novel.net if virtual-novel.net wanted to join the dinner tonight.
Josh replied to virtual-novel.net message in just one second.