“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

them together?

Such a catch, looking so heartbroken. Her last fling with the wrong guy, and now falling for Xavier with no

had always hoped Xavier would find someone, settle down. But as love

a hefty gulp of his drink, his voice growing hoarser, “Tell Norah to stop coming to the restaurant. A young girl’s

his sordid past today, Estelle doubted Norah held any illusions

beat a dead horse. If she decides to let go, she’ll do

Xavier muttered, his

he approached and sat next to her, his

chuckled lightly, “Just chit-chat. You two catch up. I’m going to say

Jonathan nodded, “Drive safe!”

Xavier cast another glance at Estelle and

tenderly wiping the corner of Estelle’s mouth, his voice low,

elsewhere, and at his

Jonathan’s eyes, deep and intoxicating, held hers as he leaned in to steal a

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