“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

two of them together?

fling with the

always hoped Xavier would find someone, settle down. But as love finally knocked, it brought

stop

his sordid past today, Estelle doubted Norah held

to beat a dead horse. If she decides

best,” Xavier muttered,

Xavier, he approached and sat next to her, his

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

Jonathan nodded, “Drive safe!”

cast another glance at

Estelle’s mouth, his voice low, “Was Xavier

and at his voice, she

deep and intoxicating, held hers

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