After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen

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153 Isabel's Back in the Headlines

Chapter 153 Isabel's Back in the Headlines

"Hey, wait! Let me reconsider this."

"Sure, take your time. I'll hang up for now."

"Can't you hold on just a bit longer-"

Beep! The call was cut off.

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Right after ending the call, Xander dialed Isabel for some casual conversation. Meanwhile, Max mumbled to himself.

"Why do I even have to help her? Who does she think she is? She asked me to pose as her boyfriend, and I'm supposed to just go along with it, huh?

"But if I refuse, she'll just find someone else...

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Max grew irritated, picturing Yvette cozying up to some other guy in front of her parents.

"Well, I'm bored anyway, so maybe it'll be a good distraction," he reasoned. Having made up his mind, Max called Xander back.

"Sorry, the person you're trying to reach is currently on another call. Please try again later..."

Who is he talking to? Why isn't he answering me?

Five minutes later, Max tried calling again, only to hear the same automated message.

"Still on the call? Since when does he talk this much?" Max wondered.

Normally, Xander was a man of few words. If he could respond in one word, he'd never bother using three If he was still talking after five minutes, Max could bet it was Isabel on the other line. Max clicked his tongue. "I'm so jealous!"

After 20 minutes, he finally got through.

Group, known for being brief and to the point. Yet here you are, on the phone for over 20 minutes! That's a record! If people knew, they'd

looking somewhat unsatisfied. "She had something else to

""Huh?" Max looked confused.

hang up early because she had something to attend

jaw dropped. So, if Isabel hadn't been busy,

talked about for so long, considering Xander

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made up your mind?" Xander's

have. Anyway, I've got nothing else

call Isabel and let

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teasing, "So that's why you wanted my answer so quickly-you just needed

it out loud. You're just stimulating yourself." Xander

Max was speechless.

getting playful-guess

have time for this;

up yet!" Max

impatiently, ready

Max's fone was unusually serious, void of his usual joking.

friends who knew each other well. Though Max often seemed lighthearted and

were as incompetent as most other second-generation

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attention to big events, but when it involved Isabel, he

expected, he

the Zimmerman Group Isabel, of a late-night hit-and-run, along with

had been struck and rushed to the hospital, his condition critical. His family was impoverished,

situation.

condemning Isabel flooded in one after another,

my god! How can someone be so

so surprised. Those rich second-generation

police should arrest her

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