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.

thoughts. With Rachel adding fuel to fire, her anxiety grew. She felt that

with me last night," Xander

Huh?

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Is she trying to push me

the night? Could she have slipped out when you were asleep?" Ivana pressed, still

was absolute, and Ivana fell silent for a

a pause, Ivana's voice came through again. "Or maybe it wasn't her, but someone working with

"You've got no proof,

to come up with

don't mean to target her, but I can't shake the feeling that something isn't right."

there's one more possibility I've been thinking about. Could it have been Richard? The

considered this. He had already wondered about that

know, but whoever it was, it was a man. Judging from

skipped a

him! It has to

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? Does he not trust us?" "Maybe not. If Richard did come

and Ivana had long suspected that the fire at the Nelsons' mansion had been no accident. If Richard was indeed still alive, his silence made sense-he

a chord with her, though she couldn't quite

but the effort only made the

something inside her

name, Richard, was important. She

voice echoed in her mind-sweet, innocent,

Richard, play with

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Mom I ate ten candies

to

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desperately tried to hold onto them, but it was like

her. The weight in her heart

Richard? If so, maybe he would return to the Nelsons after

to visit the Nelsons.

It's getting late. We should grab something to eat." A familiar voice broke