Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest)
Chapter 496

Zack Cassidy woke up instantaneously. He turned on the light and stole a glance at the clock.

It was already ten o'clock at night.

This bastard...

"Yes, Fifth Master!" Zack nodded respectfully before jumping down from the bed with a heart full of resentment.

On the other hand, Stanley Batton had gone to some of the bars and hotels that Xyla Quest often went to after he drove away from his villa.

As he drove, he could not help but started laughing at himself. Never in his life had he been so crazy for anyone, or anything, not even once since he was a child. He felt very much like a blind, headless fly right now, roaming through the streets, not knowing where to go.

The person he was at that very moment was akin to an immature boy who fell in love for the first time, doing all he could do for his first love.

When Stanley was drowning in his deep thoughts, it started to drizzle.

Under the drizzle, the black Honda continued to roam between the streets, traveling through the city.

Meanwhile at Georgie Clementine's house, Xyla was still tossing and turning restlessly on her bed, unable to fall asleep.

The pitter-patter of rain outside of the house flowed from the window into her ears, causing her to feel even more annoyed. Hence, she buried her entire body under the thick blanket in order to make herself feel a little more comfortable.

Try as she might, it ended up being a sleepless night.

The possibilities that Georgie had proposed earlier kept flashing across her mind.

Various kinds of thoughts tore her apart. Breathing became difficult and she felt like she was constantly out of breath. Hours later, the air outside was getting cold.

The streets were starting to fill with heavy traffic and the city was busy once more.

Ding Dong... Ding Dong... The doorbell rang.

The sudden noise pierced through the darkness and penetrated her eardrums.

The sky was not even fully bright yet, indicating that it was still very early in the morning. Who could it be?

Was it him?

Georgie was making breakfast at the moment. Upon hearing the doorbell, she strode out of the kitchen and quickened her footsteps to the door, peeping through the peephole.

It was Stanley Batton who was standing outside the door.

He looked extremely exhausted as if he had not slept all night.

Realizing the visitor was actually Stanley, her utter dismay reflected in her eyes.

How did he know Xyla is here?

She told Stanley that Xyla was not around last night, did she not?

Pulling open the door, Georgie glared at him with irritation written all over her face. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see Xyla."

"She... She's not here." She clearly remembered Xyla's reminder from last night, that she did not want to see him.

However, Stanley straight away stepped into the house without saying anything. Putting on the slippers, he made his way to rooms and began to search every one of them. Finally, he found Xyla.

His heart eventually returned to its original, peaceful state and the panic under his eyes disappeared.

On the contrary, Xyla's face went sour as soon as she saw him. "What are you doing here?"

"I owe you an explanation so I'm here to clarify myself." Closing the door behind him, he slowly approached Xyla and sat beside her. "Well, I actually knew you're here all the time but I didn't want to disturb you rest. Therefore, I waited downstairs all night long."

He figured out she was here around one o'clock in the midnight. Without hesitation, he drove all the way here, as fast as he could. When he was about to go upstairs, he noticed that the lights in the house were off and he was afraid that she had fallen asleep. On second thought, he gave up the idea of intruding the house at that hour because he did not want to disturb her.

As a result, he sat in the car for the whole night, waiting for her outside of the condo without any complaints.

Upon hearing that, Xyla's heart softened right away and mixed emotions began to mount up in her heart once again.