NovelApp"Yes... I love you to death, Xyla..." Stanley Batton answered truthfully. His eyes were brimmed with strong possessiveness as he spoke.
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"I only had an armor back then, and I'm not afraid of anything. However, your appearance has givena soft spot..." Stanley held her hand with a serious expression etched on his face.
His one short sentence had touched Xyla Quest's heart. She could feel a prickly feeling at the tip of her nose as she met his eyes.
"In the past, many people tried to attack me, but they didn't know how to do it. Now that I have you, it's not going to be the sanymore. If they take you away from me, I will risk my life to snatch you back," Stanley continued.
Xyla's eyes were rimmed red upon hearing his sincere confession.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtTo Stanley, she was more important than his life.
"I love you very, very, very much too..." Xyla sobbed.
"I know. Let's eat. The noodles are getting cold." Stanley pinched her cheeks and gazed at her fondly as if he was comforting a five-year-old kid.
Xyla picked up the fork. She slurped the noodles while wiping her tears. "Bastard. I've just woken up, and you're makingcry already." Stanley smiled and picked out all the shrimps from his bowl, putting them into Xyla's bowl one by one.
Once again, his little action had warmed her heart.
"Have sshrimp. Don't give it all to me..." Xyla nagged.
"It's okay. You can have them." He knew that Xyla loved shrimps. Every tthey had noodles together, he would pick out her favorite shrimps from his bowl and give them all to her. "Speaking of which, I've arranged our two families to meet tonight. Remember to get off from work earlier later," Stanley reminded her.
Xyla found that the man was more concerned about this matter than her.
"Okay." Xyla nodded in response.
"I'll drive you to work today, and I'll pick you up in the evening. Let's go to find our families together," he added. "Sure. By the way, has Sebastian Brenand contacted you recently?" Xyla asked.
"No," he answered.
"Is he okay?" "Not really." "It seems that he has really fallen in love with Rachel Wood this time. Has he found Rachel yet?" Xyla asked curiously.
"No." "Aren't you going to help him?" "Well, I guess I should lend him a hand." *** At eight o'clock sharp, Xyla and Stanley walked into one of the large, luxurious private rooms at Victoria Hotel.
Jeremy Quest and May Conner were already sitting in the private room, waiting for them. Apparently, the Batton family had not arrived yet.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBefore the pair could even greet the two elders, Wilson Batton strode into the room with Josh Batton, Catherine Batton, and Sharon Lindt following closely behind him.
Both of their parents and family members were properly dressed up.
All of them looked pretty decent.
Jeremy and May stopped dead in their tracks the moment they saw Josh.
Josh Batton, one of the most notable celebrities today, was Stanley's brother?
No wonder they often thought that Josh and Stanley borearesemblance with each other.
The Batton family was very polite. As soon as they saw Jeremy and Quest, they took the initiative to walk up to them and introduce themselves courteously. The two families warmly exchanged pleasantries before taking their seats.
Though May's presence had irritated Sharon, she did not show her true feelings as she did not want to give Jeremy a hard tshe hoped that ve the two families could have dinner harmoniously, too. Seeing that everyone had settled down at the round table, Jeremy reached for the long brocade box placed on the windowsill next to him and handed it to Wilson. Wilson's eyes were full of curiosity. "What is this?" Judging from the size of the box, could it be a painting? X
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