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Chapter forty one: Pretend to be mine

Author: Writerpee
last update publish date: 2026-02-19 16:55:59

Isabella’s POV…..

I was still staring at him trying to understand why he has the same cap I had seen in the footage.

I didn’t give myself time to overthink it.

If I did, I’d talk myself out of it—convince myself I was imagining things, reading too meaning into things.

I walked straight up to Sebastian before I could chicken out.

He was standing near the edge of the resort lawn, his phone in hand and the ocean breeze tugging at his shirt. When he noticed me approaching, his brows lifted slight
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