The Ugly Lady Strikes Back novel Chapter 923

The meeting lasted for more than an hour.

After Xyla Quest decided to call it a day, the employees gave her a respectful nod and left the office one after another.

Xyla shuffled to her office desk exhaustedly and plopped onto her soft, comfortable office chair.

Her neck was sore and stiff.

She slowly rolled her head in the clockwise direction for a few seconds before turning on the computer to look for more information about Stanley Batton’s blood disease on the internet.

She talked to Stanley and Ron Batton for the past few days to learn more about the disease.

There were many types of congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, and Stanley’s was known as aplastic anemia.

It was mainly caused by the malfunction of the hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow.

It was not a terminal illness for most people. It could usually be cured by undergoing a bone marrow transplant.

Unfortunately, Stanley was a special case. His genetic materials did not allow him to undergo a bone marrow transplant. He had a high chance of suffering from extreme, life-threatening transplant rejection if he went for the surgery.

Xyla had been looking for possible treatments for his unique condition for several days but to no avail.

Although she considered herself proficient in the medical field, she felt really helpless and useless about Stanley’s blood disease.

However, she did not want to give up.

Failing to find any information from the internet, Xyla started to send emails to some of her friends and experts in the medical field to ask for help.

When she was about to send the third email, her phone vibrated.

It was Jeremy Quest who called her.

Xyla massaged her forehead wearily before picking up the call.

“Xyla, come to my office now,” Jeremy said.

Seeing that he was as calm as ever, she heaved a sigh and asked, “I see… Has she signed yet?”

“She refuses to do so, but that’s not going to affect my decision. I’ll send my lawyer to communicate with her again. If she doesn’t want to sign, then we’ll proceed with the legal process.” Jeremy added, “Xyla, I’m going to leave that woman no matter what. She’s horrible.”

“Alright.” Xyla nodded in agreement. She then met his eyes and asked cautiously, “Dad, are you okay?”

Jeremy shrugged indifferently. “Yeah. I’m done with her. Keeping her by my side won’t do us any good.”

“Good to hear that.” Xyla smiled.

“You and Stan don’t have to come back for dinner tonight. I’m fine being alone.” Jeremy returned her smile.

“Okay then.” Xyla nodded before continuing, “Dad, you can always come to me if you’re in a bad mood.”

Yet, Jeremy shrugged indifferently again. “Look at me. Do I look like I’m in a bad mood? By the way—”