After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen

Chapter 145 The Fierce and Possessive Man

"You sure? If I leave now, I'm really going." Isabel said, testing him.

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She turned as if to go, sneaking a glance at Xander out of the corner of her eye. But he didn't make a single move to stop her.

With a quiet sigh, she stepped closer to him.

"It really was a misunderstanding, Kaleb suddenly got rough with me, so I raised my knee to make sure he wouldn't be fathering any children. Who could've guessed that you'd show up right then-at the worst possible moment-and see... well, that." Determined to clear things up. Isabel explained every little detail, leaving nothing

But Xander didn't move, standing there in the rain like a statue.

r out.

The downpour blurred the streetlamp's light, casting a hazy glow around him. The shadows fell over his long, thick lashes, obscuring his dark eyes, making it impossible to read his expression.

"Come back with me. Your cold isn't fully gone yet. Once we're back, I'll tell you everything you want to know. I swear I won't leave anything out," Isabel urged.

Growing frustrated, she grabbed his hand. It was ice-cold-far colder than normal.

After feeling Xander's wrist, Isabel's eyes harrowed with concern.

Then she reached up and pressed her hand to his forehead.

Just as she'd thought.

He had a fever!

"Let's go!" Isabel tugged at him, but he didn't budge.

"You..." Isabel started to speak, but Xander interrupted her.

"You can't forget him, can you?" Xander's voice was low and hoarse with a hint of exhaustion.

Isabel's expression turned serious. She looked him straight in the eyes. "That's right. I can't forget him. Of course I can't."

Xander's heart clenched painfully, and his gaze grew even darker.

But she wasn't finished.

"Someone like him-some blind, worthless scumbag who's spent years bleeding me dry to take care of his Nittle mistress. After everything he put me through... how could ever forget that?" Xander slowly raised his head, his dark, unreadable eyes locked onto hers, as if trying to read the truth in her gaze.

Isabel's eyes were bright and sincere, showing no sign of deception.

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Chapter 145 The Fierce and Possessive Man

Seeing this eased the ache in Xander's heart, if only a little.

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alright... "Isabel gave Xander's hand a little shake, her voice taking on a soft, almost playful tone. Even she felt a bit embarrassed-she couldn't remember the last

kind

that I've explained everything,

staring at her hand, his eyes narrowing more

him in confusion. Why

what was he so furated

was going through

trust what you're

at a loss for

any cameras there, and I don't have any witnesses. If you don't

his dark eyes bored into hers with such intensity that Isabel felt like

way

blinked, caught

prove it? What was he talking

pinned her against the wall, the impact making

could fully process what was happening. he grabbed both of her wrists with one hand, pressing them over her head, pinning her

so that her body arched slightly, her chest pressed against his firm torso. A shiver ran through her, and her eyes widened in shock. Taking advantage of her stunned reaction, Xander lowered his head and captured her slightly parted lips

fierce, possessive, and

wave of dizziness, as if her entire

to pour down on both of them, soaking them to

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Fierce and Possessive

warned her that if this continued, Xander would

the faint metallic tang of blood in the back

lost his

No-this couldn't go on.

had to stop

from his iron grip, but his

knee, pressing it between her thighs and lifting her off balance, so she was barely on tiptoe, hovering with no

that moment, she felt like a puppet, completely at his

Isabel opened her mouth

his brow furrowing as he tasted blood. He licked the

really hate me that much? Am I that repulsive to

barely controlled pain, as if he were holding back an impending storm, and hearing it made something

hate you. It's just... I... I

His face was so

hadn't expected Xander to actually fall in love with her, but thinking back on everything they'd been through, she knew his feelings for her were genuine.

men and women weren't as simple as "you're good to me, so I'll love you in return." More often, it was a messy tangle of "I like you, but you like him,

Isabel's emotions were all over the place. She didn't know what

a moment of silence, Xander released her wrists and lowered his knee from between her

feeling weak. His intensity had been overwhelming, and it took her a moment

cold, detached word slipped from Xander's

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