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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, like porcelain-no sign of any

he had

at him. Why is she so obsessed with the emerald guardian

unusual intensity toward it-enough to kiss

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Something was off

After a moment's hesitation, be carefully pulled it from between her

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 state without

knew when another opportunity like that would

his composure.

furrowed his brow

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she want this pendant? And who was the person who had intruded on the Nelsons' villa last night? Do

could act, there was something else he needed to

woke up the next morning, she immediately realized something was off. Her neckline had been

what happened. She clearly remembered dressing properly

and accidentally adjusted it in

he see it?"

phone suddenly buzzed, interrupting her

what's up, Reg?" she

he do this?" Reggie's voice was

you mean?" Isabel asked, still

so

"You don't know yet?"

hearing that, Isabel knew

of you-the one causing a stir online? I was planning to handle him, but his company

What?

idea the situation had gotten so out

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Isabel's Sleep Talking

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large public corporation, and Isabel had done her research. She knew

The two companies were involved in a venture valued at over 100 million dollars, with Bennett Group

the 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 that waiting

in a destructive conflict.

500 million and chose to go all in, bringing both

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

his name quietly