“It’s nothing. I just wanted to let you know,” Stanley Batton said.

Xyla Quest hugged her husband tightly. “Those things won’t happen to me because I believe your parents wouldn’t let them.”

“Yeah, I know, but I just wanted to make sure,” he told her.

Stanley knew his parents’ temperament very well, but he still wanted to reassure Xyla in the event she felt upset at any given time.

More importantly, he didn’t want her to tolerate anyone who gave her a hard time. He wouldn’t allow himself or