Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 2377

"Ever since I transferred into that school, a few rebellious kids in my class started bullying me," Lukas Ronaldo said, describing what happened all those years ago. "They'd secretly add glue to my water and even relieved themselves into my lunchbox.

"They'd force me to smoke regularly, so I had to. Otherwise, their gang would beat me up.

"For the longest time, I couldn't understand why they hated me so much, but I finally understood after that incident.

"They hated me for being so goody-two-shoes. They found it annoying that I was much better academically, and I kept my nose clean.

"Somehow, they made me seem tainted by forcing me to smoke. They were probably just jealous, I guess," he finished softly.

Those were scars of his past that he could never erase.

Recalling back his story was like tearing his scabbed wound apart little by little.

The painful reminders of his past made breathing difficult for him.

Those days in school back then were his worst nightmare. He never wanted to bring that up again.

He thought he was indeed close to forgetting about it, too, if it wasn't for that picture resurfacing now.

He fell silent after recounting his elementary school troubles to Xyla. He peered up at the sky and said nothing.

Xyla Quest's heart ached after hearing about his childhood. She didn't think the seemingly jolly Lukas would have such a painful past. She never expected those kids could be so evil.

It turned out that there were evil people everywhere, from as young as elementary school.

She could empathize with everything he told her, even though she had never encountered something like that before.

Frowning slightly, she began

speaking softly into the phone. I

"Lukas, understand, and you.net

have to worry about anything. I'll take care of it. I'll protect you."

Her supportive words made his heart feel warm once again.

Lukas smiled with shimmering unshed tears in his eyes. "Okay. Thank you, Boss."

"Stop calling me that," Xyla said with a laugh. "It's weird. From now on, call me Xyla."

"All right, Xyla," he obeyed softly. "Why do you trust me so much? Didn't you suspect the rumors might be true?" "No, never."

"Really?" he asked, still skeptical.

"Yeah. Based on how well I know you and your personality, I know you

you didnt seem happy about smoking in the picture," Xyla

aren't that sort of person. b

expressed recalling that she found his expression odd when she first saw the picture.

"You would seem natural and relaxed if you enjoyed smoking, but you weren't. You struck me as you were suffering. I could guess from the picture that you were reluctant," she added.

"Thank you, Xyla."

Lukas thanked his lucky stars that allowed him to meet a good boss like her who looked out for him. He solemnly swore to himself that he would stay in X Entertainment forever. He would never betray this company or Xyla.

"Don't worry about it. That is my job as your boss. I suspect the person who leaked that photo was one of the bullies from your school," she said.

But, don't worry. I'll use this as the basis to punish that group of people. I won't let any of your bullies off the hook," she added.

At that moment, Lukas was too touched to reply.