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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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could process her options, Xander gently grasped her chin, lifting her

she looked up, Isabel

Why does

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words sent a

So I've been discovered!

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"I know you came

here for me."

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mind struggling to follow his

teased, a

With each word he spoke,

free from her grip and continued, "Sam was right-you didn't marry me out of spite, your true aim is

head, staring at Xander, momentarily speechless, her gaze eventually falling to the shirt he was holding. She opened her mouth

that much?" Xander chuckled, a smug look on

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.

clothes? Just holding my shir! playing

Isabel found

I'll make it impossible for you to deny." Xander pulled out his phone and opened a recording app-it was a message

the mistress of this house. Beyond that, I plan to drug him, strip him

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

have to say for yourself now?" Xander asked, a mischievous smirk on his lips as

Isabel.

to

doubt; that recording

convincing Xander that she had ulterior motives-that she had entered his room under the cover of night with

things easier;

shaking off the panic that threatened to overtake her, and

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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,

nor

different backgrounds, and on the day of our wedding. I made a vow. I would never take advantage of you, would I allow myself to develop feelings. So forget about

was nailing her performance, even surprising herself with how convincing she

just needed to maintain her facade of sadness as she prepared to

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