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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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her chin, lifting her face so their eyes

looked up,

is happening? Why does it seem

me, what's your real purpose

words sent a chill through

So I've been discovered!

Xander, her hesitation appeared

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"I know you came

here for me."

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was taken aback, her mind struggling to follow his

Xander teased, a playful smile dancing

supposed to admit?" With each word he spoke,

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

at Xander, momentarily speechless, her gaze eventually falling to the shirt he was holding. She opened her mouth slightly, struggling to find the

you actually like me that much?" Xander chuckled, a smug

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

decided to rummage through my clothes? Just holding my

Isabel found herself

deny." Xander pulled out his phone and opened a recording app-it was a

drug him, strip him of everything, and ensure that I have his child, leaving him with no choice but to be bound to me

her eyes glued to Xander's

you have to say for yourself now?" Xander asked,

Isabel.

headache began to form in Isabel's

that

thank her for convincing Xander that she had ulterior motives-that she had entered his room under the cover of night with plans of seduction rather than

actually makes things easier; I can just

panic that threatened to overtake her, and met Xander's gaze

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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

nor

never take advantage of you, would I allow myself to develop feelings. So forget about what happened tonight. Once I help your brother recover, I'll file for divorce and

felt confident she was nailing her performance, even surprising herself

to maintain her facade of sadness as she prepared to

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