Cross references invisible space causing unwanted wrapping

I have a document where I have created an index of meticulously mapped the page numbers using cross references. However I have a massive problem where the cross references take up WAY more space than they should.
Have a look at the following screen shot:
Notice how the numbers could easily fit on one line, however they start wrapping way before they come in contact with the other side of the text frame.
This is very frustrating!!! Can anybody tell me why this is happening and how I can fix it?
Thanks.

This is very frustrating!!! Can anybody tell me why this is happening and how I can fix it?
No, and yes.
No, I have no idea why the normal paragraph composer does this. I've reported it as a bug in the past.
Yes, if you switch to the World-Ready Composer, the bug goes away - the WRC doesn't have this bug. Seems like the normal paragraph composer thinks of the variable as longer than it really is, while the WRC doesn't have this problem.

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