A Crown of Strength
ander Fuller lo
earlier, I would ha
. "Don't overthink it! She's just your stand-in. If I didn't play the part, what if my enem
scarred hands and
Xander saved me and gave me a
ely thought I had
e to threaten him, he acted indifferent,
why back then, but n
trait and dialed a number
unded the hospital entrance,
e back,
.
nemies survived the explosion, I
me to shield his tru
at night felt
just finished my final bandag
idn't check my woun
laced a prepared divorce agre
My voice trembled as I f
till wanted an answer for the
unted me over family inheritance, I fell int
ed by his side, and
to marry me, I was so exci
eved this was the love and h
er love Dorothy. Saving you was just because you were an orphan. If you died, no one would care. You were pe
e as I gripped the divorce agreement. "So, Xander, all your
hat, would you have willingly stayed by my
ged hand. "Sign it quick! Why didn't that explosion kill yo
inst my unhealed wounds, and pain
I signed, he grabbed the agree
eating figure, I
for his b
hone and dialed a
rds surrounded the
pectfully and
is