“She could be a knockout for all I care!” Xavier declared firmly, “You know my past. Do I look like someone who’d fit in with her kind?”

“But you’ve turned your life around, Xavier,” Estelle reasoned. “As long as Norah doesn’t mind, I don’t see the problem!”

“How could she not mind?” Xavier scoffed, shaking his head. “A pampered, pure-as-snow darling like her fall for a guy like me? Please.”

Just seeing the shock on Norah’s face earlier was enough evidence for him. She wouldn’t accept him.

“What if she’s willing to?” Estelle probed.

Xavier was unwavering, “Even then, it’s a no-go. I have zero plans for romance or marriage. There’s no point in leading her on. And let’s just say, for argument’s sake, if Norah and I did get together, what would I call Jonathan? What about you? It’s a joke!”

Estelle fell silent. She hadn’t considered that.

In the upper echelons of J City, lineage and hierarchy mattered a great deal.

For Xavier to marry, he’d have to do so as the eldest Hanson, something neither the Hansons nor the Lamonts would ever agree to.

of humor in

together? It seemed

heartbroken. Her last fling with the wrong guy, and now falling for Xavier with no happy ending in

down. But as love finally knocked,

stop coming to the restaurant. A young girl’s fancy is fleeting. With no reciprocation, and

past today, Estelle doubted Norah held

one to beat a dead horse. If she decides to let

Xavier muttered,

with Xavier, he approached and sat next

chit-chat. You two catch up. I’m going to say hi to Magdalen

Jonathan nodded, “Drive safe!”

Xavier cast another glance at Estelle

wiping the corner of Estelle’s mouth, his voice low, “Was Xavier looking for

at his

eyes, deep and intoxicating, held

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