Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest) novel Chapter 497

Though Xyla Quest knew that Stanley Batton was a liar who could not be trusted at all, her heart softened right away as she looked at him. The exhaustion on his face was real, and so were the red veins in his eyes.

For a moment, she hesitated to chase him out of the room. That would be too mean to him.

“First of all, I apologize for lying to you. Let me introduce myself first. I’m Stanley Batton, and the Dragon Group belongs to my family.”

“I’m the fifth born in my family. Besides, I’m the President, as well as the heir, of the domestic Dragon Group.” He recounted, the seriousness in his tone retained with each word he spoke.

Upon hearing that, Xyla was completely shocked…

He was the young master of the Dragon Group? The young master with God-like existence in the eyes of the citizens?

The husband who she agreed to marry that time was such a remarkably successful person in real life?

As for her master, he was related to Dragon Group too? Ron Batton?

No wonder her master had never told anyone about his real name! Throughout the years, everyone around him would address him as either Dr. Batton or Doctor.

The truth was, he wanted to keep a low profile because his real identity would attract unnecessary attention or even some unsolicited comments from the public.

She had found out way too many secrets that were beyond her reach ever since last night. Though Stanley had just told her the truth that she craved for, she felt curiously unreal, as if she were in the midst of a dream.

Speechless out of shock, Xyla remained silent on the bed and waited for him to continue his story.

“Well the first time, which was that night, I really didn’t know who you were but I… I was interested in you. Therefore, I had my underling look you up.”

“After looking up on your background, I realized you were the wife that I had never met. Because of that, when you asked me to pretend to be your husband later on, I agreed to do it.”

“That was because I wanted a reason to get close to you, a reason for me to get to know you well. I decided not to confess my real identity to you because I enjoyed being treated like a normal person by you.”

“Besides, I thought it was a good chance for me to find out what kind of person you are and understand more thoroughly about you.” Stanley continued to explain the details in earnest, his eyes expressed only sincerity as he spoke.

“Please trust me, Xyla. I swear I bore no malice toward you.” He added.

The words blurted out from his mouth, in fact, were sensible and reasonable to her.