After the Secret Wedding Rise of My Queen

Chapter 191 The One You've Secretly Liked

Chapter 191 The One You've Secretly Liked

That man from earlier...

Isabel stole another glance in the direction Richie had gone.

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By now, he had disappeared from sight, but the image of his retreating figure lingered in her mind.

She compared it to the person in the photo-almost an exact match.

But relying on mere similarities in body shape seemed unreliable.

After all, many people share similar features, and even their postures can resemble one another.

Isabel touched her chin thoughtfully, pondering. After a pause, she made a decision. She would find a way to visit the Nelsons' place and look deeper into this.

She suddenly remembered asking Beowulf to investigate the Nelsons before. She wondered if he had discovered where their villa was located.

Just then, the sound of a phone ringing broke her concentration.

For a second, Isabel thought it was her own phone, since the ringtone was familiar. But then she saw Xander pull his phone out and answer the call.

She blinked, surprised. When has he swapped my ringtone onto his phone?

On top of that, she noticed that his phone case matched hers exactly. She clearly remembered him never/ using phone cases before.

This guy...

Isabel shook her head slightly, a quiet sigh escaping her.

"Hello, Mom?" Xander's voice was casual as he answered, standing right beside her.

"I heard someone break into the Nelsons' villa last night. Is that true?" Ivana wasted no time with pleasantries and called Xander as soon as she heard the news. "Yeah," Xander answered briefly.

"Who did it? Someone after the Nelsons? Could it have been Isabel?" Ivana's suspicions flared, her voice low with concern. She was convinced that Isabel's recent visit to the Bennetts was part of some investigation into the Nelsons, and her instincts told her that Isabel had no good intentions,

She worried even more for her son, wondering if Isabel might harm him.

raced with troubling thoughts. With Rachel adding fuel to fire, her anxiety grew. She felt that she needed to act quickly, using any means necessary, even drastic ones, to separate Isabel from

with me last night," Xander replied firmly, shutting

Huh?

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blinked in surprise and

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bring me into this? What is Ivana trying to imply? Is she trying to push me out of the Bennetts'

were with her? Then what about in the middle of the night? Could she have slipped out when you were asleep?" Ivana pressed,

absolute, and Ivana fell silent for a moment, at a loss for

came through again. "Or maybe it wasn't

"You've got no

hesitated, unable to come up with

herself. "I don't mean to

speaking again. "Actually, there's one more possibility I've been thinking about. Could it have been Richard? The one who broke into the

considered this. He had already wondered

whoever it was, it was a man. Judging from his silhouette,

skipped

It has to

pacing, clutching her phone tightly. "But if he's back, why hasn't he contacted us? What happened all those years ago at the Nelsons? Only Richard knows the truth. Why hasn't he reached out?

been no accident. If Richard was indeed still alive,

struck a chord with her, though

but the effort only made the headache throb more

her urged her to

Richard, was important. She couldn't let

voice echoed in her mind-sweet, innocent, and full

Richard, play

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desperately tried to hold onto them, but it was like trying to catch smoke with

have been someone incredibly close to her. The weight in

photo be Richard? If so, maybe he would

have to visit the Nelsons.

should grab