Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 47

When May Conner saw what Emily Quest did, she immediately snatched the wine glass away from Emily. May tapped Emily on her arm. "My child, are you mad? Since you are pretending to be pregnant, you should act the part. Why are you drinking? What if your dad or other people see you?"

Emily frowned unhappily before she looked around. "It's late already. Everyone has gone to sleep. Who would see me? Besides, I'm not that unlucky."

"Please be careful!" May said seriously.

"I know," Emily snorted coldly. She appeared fully confident.

Outside, a red Maserati came to a halt in the courtyard. Exhausted, Xyla Quest gave her forehead a pinch before she unbuckled her seatbelt.

However, instead of getting out of the car immediately, she plopped down into her seat and zoned out.

Ever since the preparations for the property launch started, she had been working overtime. She continuously motivated herself to keep working hard. Now that she had accomplished her goal and was completely exhausted, she appeared almost like a deflated balloon.

Since the sales went very well today, she had celebrated with her team. After drinking a tad bit too much, she was feeling a little tipsy right now.

After some time, Xyla finally dragged herself exhaustedly into the house.

As soon as she walked in, Emily and May rolled their eyes at her.

The red lipstick stain on the wine glass above the coffee table caught Xyla's eyes. After her gaze lingered for a moment on the lipstick stain, Xyla turned to look at Emily's red lips. Without saying a word, Xya proceeded to walk upstairs directly.

Right then, Jeremy Quest walked down the stairs excitedly. When he saw Xyla, he immediately hastened his footsteps to approach her and slapped her on her shoulder. "Xyla, you did amazing today. You made me very proud. A lot of my friends even called me on the phone to give you compliments."

When May and Emily heard Jeremy's compliments, they felt even more jealous. They both felt the urge to tear Xyla apart right then.

"Dad, you speak too highly of me." Xyla chuckled.

"Since you've performed this well, you can take over the general manager's role at the company headquarters' sales department once the units in this property development are sold out," Jeremy added. When Emily heard this, she immediately stood up. "Dad, aren't you being unfair? Up until now, I still haven't been able to step foot into the company. On the other hand, Xyla has merely accomplished a small feat, and you have already decided to let her move into the headquarters. You have even offered her the important position of general manager of the sales department."

"I've told you before that you will have nothing to do with my company. I told you to forget about it. Don't you understand?

"Also, do you think what your sister accomplished is a small feat? Why don't you show me that you are capable of doing the same thing?

"Apart from being jealous of your sister and embarrassing me, what else are you capable of? Didn't you say that you would broadcast yourself doing a headstand if your sister manages to sell half of the units? "Hurry up and do it. Why are you still making so much noise here? You are extremely annoying," Jeremy said mercilessly.

Right then, Emily was speechless.

In the face of Jeremy's increasingly harsh words, Emily felt as if she would start crying soon.

Now, Emily could feel as if Jeremy no longer loved her at all because of the way he treated her.

Ever since Xyla returned, her Dad had changed! Dad did not use to be like this!

"When are you going to broadcast yourself doing a handstand? Please inform me. I would like to see it." Xyla chuckled playfully.

At that moment, Emily felt the urge to insult Xyla. However, she had neither the courage nor the power to do so. Despite the anger she was feeling, she had to keep it to herself.

While Emily's face turned red, her hands clenched tightly into fists.

Sensing things were going awry, May quickly stepped forward and pulled Emily behind her protectively. "Alright, darling, don't be angry. Emily is still a child."