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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?

pinched her smooth cheek. Her skin was flawless,

had

him. Why is she so obsessed

an unusual intensity toward it-enough to kiss him and sign an agreement just to

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Something was off

er chest. After a moment's hesitation, be carefully pulled it from between her cleavage. "Puff..."he exhaled sharply, trying to cool the sudden rush of

perfect figure-so perfect, it 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

knew when another opportunity like that would

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

furrowed his brow

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does she want this pendant? And who was the person who had intruded on the Nelsons' villa last night? Do they have some connection? Xander figured that monitoring the villa

he could act, there was something else

the next morning, she immediately realized something was off. Her neckline had been pulled down,

She clearly remembered dressing properly

hot and accidentally

see it?" she muttered,

her thoughts.

what's up,

do this?" Reggie's

What do you mean?" Isabel asked, still trying to

call so

"You don't know yet?"

Isabel knew

I was planning to handle him, but his company just went bankrupt overnight. A major collapse. Aside from Xander, there's no one else

What?

was speechless. She had no idea the situation had gotten so

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and Isabel had done her research. She knew that this company teamed

companies were involved in a venture valued

main reason Isabel hadn't 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 her time, hoping

in a destructive conflict.

loss of 500 million and chose to go

million wasn't a huge amount for Solaria's richest person, the sheer scale of the sum was

"Isabel whispered his