Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 445

While all this was happening, Stanley Batton had just returned home again. Xyla was watching television, her legs crossed as she held a large pack of chips in her 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 her trousers. The combination made her skin look white as snow.

She didn't have any makeup on and her long, black, curly hair casually lay on her 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 she smiled.

Her eyes moved past him and onto the clock hanging on the wall. An hour and a half had passed since he left, but to her, it felt like a century had come and gone.

Whenever he wasn't around, the whole house felt empty to her.

Even if he 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 she organized her thoughts before ascending the stairs.

She didn't dare to sit alone with him. She was afraid that her mind would wander too far off again.

He furrowed his eyebrows as he watched her go up the stairs. He watched her back disappear in silence before falling into deep thought once again.

Though she was being polite and gentle, he knew it was all just a façade. There was something about her that was still off to him.

Her politeness almost felt alienating to him.

***

Xyla tossed and turned in her sleep throughout the night. It was three in the morning when she was finally able to get some sleep.

It was eleven o'clock when her eyes opened again the next day.

After a gentle stretch and a little effort to get off the bed, she was ready to start cleaning herself up.

Bzz... bzz...

Her phone vibrated at that moment.

Curious, she took a peek at her phone.

Her eyes almost popped out when she saw the news heading on the screen.

"Husband of Quest Property Group's princess, Xyla Quest, found cheating on her with a teenage girl!"

Even before she 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 her breath, she 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 her with a teenage girl."

Scrolling further down, she 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 she looked at it, they looked like a couple in every single photo of them together. Some of the photos even showed him looking at the girl with loving eyes.

Xyla felt as though she had been stabbed with a knife.

She knew he 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 her as well.

She remembered that she had clearly hinted to him to be very careful while being in contact with other girls. If he ever got caught, both of them would be in hot water. She had initially thought that Five Batton was a wise man, and that he knew what he should and shouldn't do.

She now felt that she may have overestimated him.