Revenge of the Hideous Lady (Xyla Quest) novel Chapter 6

“You… Why are you here?” Xyla Quest asked in a panicked tone while she turned the engine on.

Stanley Batton was slightly surprised to see her here so coincidentally.

“Stop talking! Drive!” He said in a demanding tone.

As he spoke, he stepped on the accelerator with his foot…

Within a second, the sports car dashed forward. Xyla immediately grabbed the steering wheel before kicking his foot away to step on the accelerator herself.

“Go to the nearest hospital,” he commanded.

Xyla nodded before flooring on the accelerator.

***

Once they arrived at the hospital, Xyla Quest was shocked to find that the man had three gunshot wounds on his body, with two on his chest and one on his abdomen.

After staying with him while the doctors tended to his wound, she pushed him into his ward.

Despite being covered in blood, his good looks and charm could not be hidden.

Carefully, Xyla helped him to get into bed. “Get your family to come and look after you. I have something else to do, and I have to leave now.”

“Thank you,” Stanley Batton said coldly.

“You’re welcome… You have good looks. Why don’t you do something else instead of being a gangster?

“Isn’t it much more comfortable to earn money by becoming a celebrity than to fight in the streets?” Xyla let the words slip out of her mouth, albeit in a gentle manner.

The man raised his brows slightly before coolly scanning her up and down.

‘What gangster is she on about?’

Did she think of him as that kind of person? What a joke.

“How much can a celebrity earn?” He asked calmly.

“If you’re popular, you can earn a lot…”

“Do you know how much I can make in a day?”

Xyla felt that she was preaching to deaf ears. Therefore, she decided to stop talking and instead, picked up her purse and left.

How much could he possibly earn as a gangster? How could it possibly be a better earning than a celebrity’s? Was it as stable as being a celebrity?

“Wait a second…”

Xyla stopped walking and turned around. “What is it?”

Stanley struggled to retrieve a cheque stained with blood from his pocket. He then folded it into the shape of a plane and threw it into her hands.

“Take this with you. Thank you again.”

Xyla silently unraveled the cheque. However, she then folded it back into a paper plane that it was earlier before she threw it back to him.

“Consider this a payment for you to keep what happened that night a secret.” Xyla turned around and left after she finished her sentence.

When she arrived at the door, she turned around to look at the man. “Remember what the doctor said. Don’t get your wounds wet. Also, don’t smoke or drink alcohol.”

Her eyes glimmered like a pool of water.

“What is your name?” Stanley asked.

Without answering him, Xyla chuckled and walked away…

Since they were only strangers to each other, there was no reason to tell him her name.

Once Xyla had disappeared from his sight, the man mumbled to himself, “What an interesting woman.”

After that, he made a call on his phone. “Send someone over to the municipal hospital. Also, find out more information about the woman who sent me here.”

“Fifth Master, are you injured?”

“Zack Cassidy, do I look like a gangster?”

“Eh? You are noble and charismatic. Why would you look like a gangster?”

“…”

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The next morning, at eight o’clock, news of Josh Batton being signed onto X Entertainment became the most popular topic on the internet.

Very soon, Weibo crashed.