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Chapter 193 Isabel's Sleep-Talking Caught by Xander

Chapter 193 Isabel's Sleep-Talking Caught by Xander

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Isabel's eyes immediately brightened when she saw the boy, freshly showered and looking dashing.

"You look great," she said with a smile, "though not as handsome as Xan, of course."

From that moment on, their relationship grew closer. He'd share snacks with her and even let her ride on his back like a playful horse.

In the middle of this dream, the door creaked open. Xander, dragging himself in after a long day, climbed into bed and naturally pulled Isabel into his arms.

Isabel, already accustomed to this, snuggled against him, wrapping her arms around his trim waist and using his chest as a pillow.

Xander felt a warmth in his heart as she responded without hesitation.

Just as he was about to kiss her forehead, her quiet sleep-talking caught his attention.

"Richard, I want to ride on your back..."

Xander frozen, his eyes widening in shock. He stared at Isabel, his mind racing.

"What did you say?"

Isabel was mumbling, her voice soft and dreamy, but it sounded like...

Xander wasn't sure, and he didn't want to clarify.

"Shh, go to sleep," Isabel murmured, shifting slightly in his embrace as she settled back into a peaceful sleep.

As time passed, Xander's wild thoughts began to fade, and he let out a quiet sigh.

It couldn't have been that, right?

That fire had wiped out everything-the Nelson family had been consumed by it, all three of them gone.

And he'd had Leo investigate Isabel thoroughly. She was real, undeniably so. She was Colin Zimmerman's- daughter, and the two looked completely different. Or has she undergone some sort of surgery?

her smooth cheek. Her skin was

had to be

Why is she so obsessed with the emerald guardian

had shown an unusual intensity toward it-enough to kiss him and sign an

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Something was off

pulled it from

was almost a ne. Admiring her beauty was one thing, but being unable to truly enjoy it felt like torture. The last time she had been drunk, he had taken advantage of her unconscious

when another opportunity

Xander a full minute to regain his composure. Holding the emerald pendant in his

furrowed his brow

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who had intruded on the Nelsons' villa last night? Do they have some connection? Xander figured that monitoring the villa closely

could act, there was something

morning, she immediately realized something was off. Her neckline had been pulled down, revealing more than she would've

what happened. She clearly remembered dressing properly

hot and

it?" she muttered,

phone suddenly buzzed, interrupting her thoughts. It was Reggie

up, Reg?"

this?"

you mean?" Isabel asked, still trying to process what was

didn't understand why Reggie would call so

"You don't know yet?"

that, Isabel knew that something

advantage of you-the one causing a stir online? I was planning to handle him, but his company just went bankrupt overnight.

What?

had no idea the situation had gotten so

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done her research. She knew that this company teamed up with Xander's Bennett Group on a major

involved in a venture valued at over 100 million dollars, with Bennett Group contributing a

rushed to seek revenge. Based on Beowulf's findings, the partnership was supposed to wrap up by the end of the year. Isabel had planned to bide

in a destructive conflict.

and chose to go all in, bringing both

Solaria's richest person,

whispered his