Chapter 276


    Through the smoke in the air, Stanley slowly turned around and examined X’s face with a deep


    look in his eyes.


    “You don’t have to return anything to me for now,” he said calmly after exhaling a puff of smoke.


    “Let me thank you by buying you a meal tonight,” said X.


    “Sure.”


    “I’ll decide on the ce and send you the location on WeChat,” said X with a forced smile.


    “Okay,” he replied with a gentle look on his face.


    “Is there any particr restaurant you’d like to go to?”


    “Anything is fine. Wherever you like.”


    The driver who overheard the conversation was shocked. He could not resist peeking at Stanley


    through the rearview mirror. Stanley’s gentle demeanor was giving him a heart attack. Was Stanley


    capable of saying things this nicely? Why had he never known about it?


    The driver had never heard Stanley saying the words ‘anything is fine’ in front of him or anyone


    else. This girl was amazing.


    “I noticed you were acting strangely when I walked through the door earlier. Your body seemed


    weak. You only recovered after I held you in my arms. Why was that? Did he drug you?” asked a


    concerned Stanley.


    “Yeah, he sprayed some sort of drug at me when I wasn’t paying attention. I immediately passed out


    when it happened. When I woke up, I realized my body was weak and I couldn’t even speak. I only


    recovered slowly after you walked through the door,” X answered truthfully.


    The more she thought about what happened to her, the angrier she became. If Stanley had not fired


    at Tom and asked his men to beat him up, X would have called the police. She wanted Tom to


    spend some time in prison.


    But now that Stanley had already taught Tom a lesson, the Sullivan family would make a huge fuss


    if she called the police. They would also focus on the fact that Stanley injured Tom with a gunshot.


    Hence, whatever X and Stanley had done today was enough. Besides, Tom had failed to rape


    her. Meanwhile, Stanley had shot Tom in the wrist and even asked his subordinates to beat him up.


    X was happy to call it a draw.


    If she had chosen to be irrational, she would have asked Stanley to continue beating Tom up. But


    she was afraid.


    Tom’s wrist would not stop bleeding. X knew that his vein must have been torn from the gunshot.


    If he was not sent to the hospital soon, he might end up dying. Stanley would not be able to get


    away with it.


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    When Stanley heard what X said, he stopped talking and his face became sullen.


    ***


    When they arrived home, Stanley opened the door for X. Barely wearing anything, she


    immediately sneezed when a gust of cold wind blew into the car. Seeing the state she was in,


    Stanley immediately picked her up.


    At that moment, X blushed while her heart began to pound. “I’m capable of walking on my own.”


    “You seem cold. I think it’s better if I hold you like this,” said Stanley, walking into the house with her


    in his arms.


    Inside, it was as warm as the beginning of summer. He carried her all the way to her room before


    carefully putting her down on the bed.


    “Take a warm bath and get changed,” he said gently.


    X nodded slightly and returned the coat to Stanley. After that, she walked into the bathroom.


    Beep, beep, beep—


    Stanley received a call from Zack. He walked out onto the balcony and leaned against the window


    before picking up. Leisurely, he yed with his expensive, ck, diamond lighter. Outside, there


    was snow falling from a silver sky.