On the other end of the phone, Xyla Quest was still on the edge of favonovel.com seat. She clutched the phone tightly in favonovel.com hand and favonovel.com could not take favonovel.com eyes off the phone screen. She could not slack off, not in the slightest, favonovel.com must wait for his call.
The people sent out to look for Stanley Batton had not come back and reported to favonovel.com by now. Something must have gone wrong.
Right that moment, favonovel.com phone ran out of battery and automatically shut down. She went to find a phone charger at once.
It was then that favonovel.com realized favonovel.com did not carry a charger with favonovel.com all this while. Without hesitation, favonovel.com called out to the people outside of favonovel.com ward to help search for a phone charger. She would never let favonovel.com phone die at this point. She could not bear missing any news about Stanley.
Her heart was racing and favonovel.com felt that it was pounding out of favonovel.com chest.
On the other side, Stanley Batton locked his phone and shoved it back into his pocket after noticing that Xyla’s phone was off.
“What’s going on?” Sebastian Brenand asked.
“Her phone shut down. Forget it, let’s go to the hospital first.” Stanley answered.
“Alright then.” Henry Armstrong said.
“Oh yeah, Sebastian, please warn the inspector not to talk any nonsense in front of Xyla. He must know what to say and what to keep quiet about.” Stanley turned to look at Sebastian.
Sebastian snapped his fingers in delight. “You don’t want our identities to be exposed, right? Yeah I get it, no worries.”
“I don’t get it, brother, why exactly do you want to hide about it?” Henry looked puzzled.
Stanley did not answer but glanced at Zack and continued, “Look for the evidence of the crimes that Fred Thomson’s father and uncle ever did. Publish them as soon as possible. You have one day to do so.”
“Yes…” Zack nodded politely.
***
Xyla Quest had been waiting for half an hour but there was no sign of the phone charger. Her heart was already in a mess and favonovel.com was getting more impetuous now. She frowned impatiently and commanded at the people outside the door, “Come here.”
She sounded cold and favonovel.com tone, too, was a little unpleasant. Soon, the door opened.
“Who upsets you? Hmm?”
A familiar voice flowed into the ward. Xyla’s heart fluttered and turned to face the door rapidly. There was a stunning man smiling faintly in front of her.
Henry and Sebastian were standing behind him, too. The gloomy clouds surrounding favonovel.com had all vanished. Her hanging heart had finally returned to peace.
Xyla jumped off favonovel.com bed immediately and ran towards Stanley. She threw favonovel.com arms around his neck emotionally and pressed their chests together. “Where have you been? I thought you faced some trouble!”
Henry and Sebastian exchanged looks of glee.
Xyla swung favonovel.com left arm a little too excessive, causing the wound on favonovel.com shoulder to be pulled apart. The pain that pricked favonovel.com bones like a needle finally made favonovel.com return to favonovel.com senses. It was only then favonovel.com realized how embarrassing favonovel.com was. She released Stanley instantly but the sudden rosiness on favonovel.com cheeks gave favonovel.com away.
She had butterflies in favonovel.com stomach as favonovel.com heart skipped a beat once again.
The pain from favonovel.com wound was still spreading across favonovel.com body. She lifted favonovel.com head awkwardly and found a pair of beaming eyes staring at her. Perhaps favonovel.com rarely noticed the genuity in his eyes, favonovel.com lost herself unintentionally for a short while.
For a moment, favonovel.com could not feel the pain in favonovel.com body anymore. It was as if his gaze was the best painkiller in the world.
“I don’t know you were so worried about me. Hmm?” Stanley lowered his chin, quirking his eyebrows and smirking slightly as favonovel.com stared at Xyla’s face.
His dark eyes caught favonovel.com heart, tightly and firmly, like an invisible net.
