“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.

feel a tinge of humor in the

together? It seemed a near-impossible

last fling with the wrong guy,

find someone, settle down. But

to stop coming to the restaurant. A young girl’s fancy

about his sordid past today, Estelle doubted Norah

beat a dead horse. If she decides to let

best,” Xavier muttered, his gaze

on Estelle. Noticing her lengthy conversation with Xavier, he approached and sat next to her, his smile

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

Jonathan nodded, “Drive safe!”

glance at Estelle and

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

at his voice, she looked up,

intoxicating, held hers as he

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