Xyla Quest did not dare to tell her father the entire truth.
Since Jeremy Quest was a man of tradition, he would be enraged if he found out Xyla got married to a stranger to recover her looks. More importantly, the fact that she remained in a marriage, which lacked solid foundations and might even end up being divorced.
Perhaps, Jeremy might think that Xyla lacked self-love and was a harlot.
Instead of telling the truth, which might make him upset, Xyla thought it was a better idea to create a story where she and her husband were living a happily married life. This would make Jeremy feel a lot better.
Therefore, Xyla needed to make sure the story was perfectly logical. More importantly, she must appear very happy in this story.
After finishing her sentence, Xyla immediately stood up and kneeled in front of Jeremy. “I’m sorry, Dad. I should not have done something like this behind your back.” There was a serious expression on her face.
Xyla was saying those words from the bottom of her heart. To be honest, she felt guilty about keeping such a thing from her father all this while. However, she did not have a choice back then.
If Xyla did not recover her beauty back then, many things would not have gone as smoothly as she wished. Moreover, she did not want to remain as a hideous lady and allow Emily to step all over her for the rest of her life.
When Emily and May saw what had transpired, they both smiled at each other satisfactorily before turning to look at Jeremy and waiting for him to announce his punishment against Xyla.
“Do you think Dad will let you off the hook this easily? Aren’t you too naïve?” Emily snorted coldly.
When Jeremy saw how sincere Xyla seemed when she told her story, his frown immediately faded.
After letting out a long sigh, Jeremy carefully helped Xyla up and allowed her to sit next to him on the armrest. He completely ignored Emily as he did so.
After that, he held Xyla’s hand. “I understand. You naturally could not refuse love and warmth when you were suffering through so much all on your own.”
Emily and May were both shocked by Jeremy’s response. They never imagined Jeremy would react this positively.
How could this happen when they were prepared for a good show?
At that moment, the duo clasped their hands together angrily.
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