Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest) novel Chapter 2407

Xyla Quest gave Leon Batton a high-five to celebrate their victory.

She then smiled and saluted him. “You were great!”

“Of course,” he smiled smugly before asking, “Another round?”

She was even more eager to play now.

She quickly formed a team and invited her son to join her.

Just like that, the two quickly became addicted to the game.

The feeling of finding an equally capable teammate compelled them to play until half-past ten in the evening.

To avoid distractions, they even silenced their phones.

Stanley Batton noticed their absence at home and started calling to look for them, but neither answered.

They had completely lost track of time.

After winning another match at eleven o’clock, Xyla finally shifted her gaze to the time in the bottom right corner of the computer screen.

She was shocked that they had been at it for hours and hadn't realized it had gotten so late.

“We should stop. Look at the time,” she gazed at Leon in alarm. As she spoke, her stomach began to growl.

They even forgot to have dinner because they were preoccupied with games.

She needed to self-reflect, she realized.

How could she do that as a mother?

To play games with her son all day, not going home despite the late hour, and forgetting to eat.

She could only blame the fact that she hadn’t had time to indulge in games lately that this happened.

Leon was equally shocked when he discovered the time.

“Oh no, I didn’t think it was this late. Mom, let’s hurry up and go home.”

He took his phone out as he spoke and saw many missed calls on the screen.

The calls were all from Stanley and Lynette Batton.

He immediately showed her the missed calls on his phone. “Look!”

Xyla felt immensely guilty when she saw those and instantly retrieved her own phone.

Just as she expected, there were even more missed calls from her husband and daughter on her call logs.

They even texted her on WeChat, expressing their worries about her lack of reply.

She didn't know what to say.

“We should go home right away,” Leon urged.

“Of course, but let me give your father a call first,” she replied right before the door opened from the outside.

Stanley, who wore a grim expression, walked in with Lynette.

When Xyla saw them, she averted her eyes guiltily like a child caught doing something wrong.

Meanwhile, her son hastily jumped to his feet with his head lowered respectfully. “Dad.”

His father first glanced at their computer screens before approaching them. “Did you two disappear just to play games?”

“It wasn’t intentional. I didn’t want this to happen either,” Xyla replied first. "But Leon and I worked so well as a team, and that's why-"

“Are you still a child?” Stanley interjected with a helpless shake of his head.

At first, he was furious, but that was more him being worried sick than anything else. However, his anger dissipated when he saw Xyla's face, realizing that he could never be angry at his wife.

She let out an awkward chuckle. “No, but it’s really fun to play with Leon.”

Her husband was speechless.

So, he blamed his son instead. “Speak. Why did you lead your mother astray?”