While Xyla Quest was confident, outgoing, and noble, Annabeth Cates was self-abased, emotionally fragile, and ordinary.

There was no comparing these two.

Annabeth could sense how Josh Batton felt about Xyla.

For this very reason, she felt even more self-abased.

She was inferior to Xyla in every way.

When Annabeth looked at Xyla’s face, she suddenly felt baffled.

She wondered how Josh felt about being with a woman who was nothing like Xyla.

Would he feel immensely disappointed about their