Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 429

"I will, Fifth Master." Zack Cassidy gave Stanley Batton a respectful nod before turning around to leave his office.

After the door clicked shut behind him, the office returned to its original, peaceful state.

Stanley leaned back against his office chair, his hands behind his head and his legs comfortably crossed. All that was on his mind were the final two possibilities that Zack had proposed earlier.

***

When Georgie Clementine returned to the ward with the contract in hand, Noah Smith signed the contract without even glancing at it.

Shortly after, he bid a brief farewell before leaving with his copy of the contract. Xyla and Georgie were alone in the ward again.

The first thing Georgie did was slide the contract into a drawer before closing it. Her next move was to return to Xyla's side, where she began praising Noah. "Noah seems like a straightforward and energetic man. He was very friendly and approachable, nothing like the nobleman I had initially imagined him to be like."

Hearing this, Xyla thought about Georgie's praises for a moment before feeling pleased about his personality too. "Yeah, his parents have done a very good job educating him."

"From his demeanor alone, I knew he was well brought up. I like him a lot." Georgie grinned before asking, "It's almost lunchtime. Anything you want to eat Xyla? I'll order for you."

Xyla shook her head in response. She couldn't think of anything she wanted to eat at the moment.

The truth was, there was still a slight bitter feeling that remained stuck in her heart from the conversation about Stanley with Georgie earlier.

"Well, even if you don't have much of an appetite you still have to eat something. There must be something you want to eat." Georgie continued to insist.

However, Xyla shook her head once more, refusing Georgie's attempt again.

Georgie frowned. Seeing that the girl wasn't going to comply, she opened a food delivery app on her phone. She would take the liberty to order a nutritious meal for Xyla.

After the order was confirmed, she looked at Xyla and sighed. "Look, you can't just skip lunch just because you don't feel like eating, alright? I've ordered some food for you and I understand that you're in a bad mood right now, but you shouldn't starve yourself just because of that."

Xyla's response was to simply close her eyes slowly in silence.

Georgie remained silent as well. She took her phone out and started working on her business emails.

About twenty minutes later, there was a knock on the door.

Georgie got up to open it.

A delivery man was standing at the doorstep.

Seeing Georgie, he handed her two large bags.

Curious, Georgie peeked inside the bags before she was struck by confusion. 'I didn't order this much, did I?' She thought to herself.

Noticing her expression, the delivery man said, "This is the lunch Mr. Batton ordered for Miss Quest." The explanation was sufficient to clear Georgie's confusion.

"Thank you..." Georgie smiled politely. She closed the door behind her before bringing the two bags of food over to Xyla.

She placed them on an empty bedside table and sighed. "It seems that Stan ordered you some lunch."

She hated to admit it, but she understood why Xyla would fall for such a man. He was doing all he could to take care of her after all.

Xyla opened her eyes slowly and glanced at the two bags of food. Her reaction was a bitter smile. "Got it."

Shaking her head, Georgie began setting up the folded dining table that was attached to the bed. The table was set in an instant.

Next came the food. She placed the containers of food on the table, all the time mumbling, "I shouldn't have ordered earlier... With this much food from him, I guess my initial order is going to be wasted." "Yeah," muttered Xyla in agreement.

While Georgie continued to arrange the food on the table, her own order arrived. Placing the food she ordered together with Stanley's, the table-which was already quite large-had barely any space left uncovered by food.

The scene only caused Xyla to lose even more of her appetite.

Nevertheless, she forced herself to pick up a pair of chopsticks and began nibbling on some food to avoid any further nagging from Georgie.

After a hellish lunch, the two of them had just managed to finish their meal when a short series of raps came from the door. There was another visitor.

Cleared the table to make the room look more presentable, Georgie looked toward the door before calling out, "Please come in..."

Xyla turned to face the door as well as the visitor stepped in.