Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 10

Fine, whatever.

Isadora, for the sake of you remembering to have the staff make me a hangover cure last night, I'll let this one slide.

Just this once, I'll put up with your attitude.

Magnus picked up his phone and dialed a familiar number.

It was the first time he'd ever called Isadora after a fight.

"The number you have dialed is currently unavailable."

She turned off her phone!

Magnus gripped his phone so tightly his knuckles went white, a surge of anger rising in his chest.

Well played, Isadora.

So this is your idea of playing hard to get?

You've seriously crossed the line!

Without hesitation, Magnus dialed Lean, his voice taut with frustration. "Put the wedding dress on hold. Indefinitely."

Lean: "..."

The next morning, the sound of waves lapped gently against the shore. White curtains billowed softly at the villa's floor-to-ceiling windows, caught in the ocean breeze.

bathroom, bare-chested, a towel draped around his neck. Droplets of water slid down his short, dark

this was the sight that greeted her: the image

stop herself

muscles taut and defined. Tall and lean, he looked nothing like the ruthless businessman he was in public-in this light, Victor resembled a model straight out of a glossy

her cheeks burn, her heart thudding

away, flustered, her voice shaky as she murmured a protest. "Why

eyes. His lips curled

I just... you

teasing, carrying a hint of laughter. "Miss Vaughan, you're acting shy now? You sure weren't

Isadora: "..."

could he be

night, he was just as enthusiastic as she was-and now he was pinning it all on

marks he'd left on her skin were still fresh and vivid, a reminder of just how

ached in all the wrong places, the soreness in

clenched her fists, forcing

At the end of the day, they were still

she supposed, what people called a one-night

reckless at night; strangers

wonder she shouldn't make a big

watched her silently, taking in the

kept hidden, her brows drawn together in

"What, one night together and now you want to pretend we don't know each

towel into the laundry basket and pulled on a

Suddenly-knock, knock, knock.

rapped on the bedroom