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Chapter 49 What's Your Real Purpose

Chapter 49 What's Your Real Purpose

Oh, no!

I've been caught!

Isabel gripped the man's shirt tigluly, her thoughts racing frantically.

Should I fleet

No, that's not an option! I'm no longer the same Isabel I used in be

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In her previous life, she had been known as the "Lone Wolf, living a solitary existence free from emotional ties.

But things were different now; she had someone who mattered to her.

She couldn't leave Reggie behind.

So running away was out of the question.

With no possibility of escape, she had to devise a believable excuse for her presence.

Breaking into a man's room at night and getting caught-it was tough to find a rational explanati

that!

As Isabel wrestled with her thoughts, Xander stepped forward.

"Look at me."

His authoritative tone sent a shiver of anxiety down henspine.

Should I comply or not?

If I don't it might raise suspicions.

Yet if I do, what if he reads something in my expression?

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gently grasped her chin, lifting her face so their

looked

is happening? Why does

your real purpose

words sent a chill through

So I've been discovered!

hesitation appeared as

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"I know you came

here for me."

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Isabel was taken aback, her mind struggling to follow his

admit it?" Xander teased, a playful smile dancing on

I supposed to admit?" With each word he spoke, Isabel felt

and continued, "Sam was right-you didn't marry me

Xander, momentarily speechless, her gaze eventually falling to the shirt he was holding. She

much?" Xander chuckled, a smug look on his face as he watched her

hands, he had felt a surge of emotions. Had he not been careful, he might have swept her up and taken her to bed, acting on their unspoken desires right then and there. "Wait, what?" Isabel nearly choked on her own breath, hastily trying to clarify. "You've misunderstood! I -don't like you! I just... I couldn't

So you casually decided to rummage through my clothes? Just holding my

found herself

to deny." Xander pulled out his

to become the mistress of this house. Beyond that, I plan to drug him, strip him of everything, and ensure that I have his child, leaving him with no choice but to be bound to me forever."

jaw dropped in disbelief, her eyes glued to Xander's phone,

Xander asked, a

Isabel.

pounding headache began to form

doubt; that

her for convincing Xander that she had ulterior motives-that she had entered his room under

things easier; I

threatened to overtake

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course! You're handsome, charming, and the epitome of a hero-any woman would find you appealing. I'm no different. Plus, after being hurt by a jerk, running into you at that moment made me well, 1 just-ahem-lost my composure." As she spoke, a wave of uncontainable joy surged within Xander, enveloping him like the gentle warmth of

nor

I understand we come from different backgrounds, and on the day of our wedding. I made a vow. I would never take advantage of you,

her performance, even surprising herself with how

needed to maintain her facade of sadness as

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