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