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CHAPTER 35

Author: THE GODDESS
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-18 08:44:04

Xander's POV

Destined Moments.

As I stepped off the plane, I breathed out in relief, allowing the welcoming warmth of Cape Town air to hit my skin. The inky smell of the sea blended with the warm sun-baked smell of earth, filling my lungs as I looked out over the sprawling city ahead.

This trip was meant to be purely business. Meetings, negotiations, expansion strategies — every detail had been meticulously plotted with brutal precision.

And yet I felt deep inside that there was more on my mind than business.

I had another goal.

Beatrice.

I wasn’t blind. I noticed how she became when I was around—the little reluctance in her posture, the subdued but resolute rejection that would shimmer in her eyes when I came too close, the way she had never quite lowered her guard. For years I had been cruel, pushing her away, keeping her at an arm’s length for reasons I wasn’t even sure I could justify any longer.

But something had changed between us.

Something I couldn’t name. Couldn’t ignore.

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