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.

emerged from the bathroom, bare-chested, a towel draped around his neck. Droplets

sight that greeted her: the image of a man fresh from the

unable to stop herself from staring for a

the ruthless businessman he was in public-in this light, Victor resembled a

felt her cheeks burn, her heart thudding a little

her voice shaky as she

her with dark, amused eyes. His lips curled in a faint

what I meant. I just... you

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

Isadora: "..."

he

enthusiastic as she

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

ached in all the wrong places, the soreness in her legs and waist

her fists, forcing herself to

Victor. At the

was, she supposed, what people called a

at night; strangers

a

watched her silently, taking in the way her lashes cast

brows

together and now you want

towel into the laundry basket and pulled on a crisp

Suddenly-knock, knock, knock.

rapped on the bedroom

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