Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest) novel Chapter 27

Closely after that, the three other members of the Sullivan family got into the car.

The black Benz-S600 sped away, leaving a trail of thick exhaust behind it.

Seeing this, May Conner let out a long sigh as she smiled satisfactorily.

On the other hand, Xyla Quest glanced at Stanley Batton without saying anything.

Since Xyla had already said that her father could do whatever he wanted, she had no choice but to wait patiently for him to make up his mind.

Jeremy Quest sighed with a tired frown on his face as he walked over to Xyla and patted her gently on her shoulder. “I’m sorry, Xyla. Since she is pregnant, there’s no way I could punish her. Why don’t we forgive her this time?”

Xyla nodded. However, she felt that Emily was lying. If what she said was true, why did she not mention it when the Sullivan family first came to call the wedding off?

Despite her suspicions, Xyla kept her usual calm expression on her face.

“To make it up to you, I will transfer Emily’s 5% shares to you right away,” Jeremy said.

May’s jaw nearly dropped. Her eyes widened in surprise. “Darling, isn’t that unfair?”

“As a mother who has done wrong, how dare you question me about fairness?” Jeremy sneered without holding back.

Since Jeremy could not vent his anger at Emily, he could only do so elsewhere. Coincidentally, May was there. How could he resist snapping at her?

Before May could speak, Xyla immediately smiled at Jeremy. “Thank you, Dad,” she said softly.

Instead of beating Emily up and locking her in the underground, this was a better way of dealing with her.

“Oh, right, Xyla. About the new property development project, you can take over from tomorrow on.