After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen

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Chapter

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.

CEO of Bennett 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 be talking

looking somewhat unsatisfied.

""Huh?" Max looked confused.

up early because she had something to

Isabel hadn't been busy, would they still

was dying to know what they'd talked about for so

Conversations.

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Isabel's Back

made up your mind?" Xander's

Anyway, I've got nothing else to

I'll call Isabel and

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wanted my answer

say it out loud. You're just stimulating

Max was speechless.

playful-guess love does

don't have time for this; I'm

Don't hang up yet!"

asked impatiently, ready

check for yourself." Max's fone was unusually serious, void of

each other well. Though Max often seemed lighthearted and playful, he was

other second-generation heirs, Xander wouldn't even consider him a

the trending topic hinted

usually paid little attention to big events, but when it involved Isabel, he couldn't afford to look the other

opened Twitter. As expected, he saw

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

the hospital, his condition critical. His family was impoverished, with a young son who had a

situation.

in one after another, filled with insults and

can someone be so

rich second-generation

arrest her and

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