Chapter 25

Bar.

Finley scrolled through his phone, half-listening to the thumping bass and chatter around him.

A new video notification popped up on his screen.

He tapped it open: Elise diving into the pool, Magnus swooping in to play the hero, and Isadora left standing alone again.

Predictably, the group chat was already buzzing with snarky jokes and eye-rolling emojis.

When the video ended, Finley glanced up at the man lounging beside him on the couch.

Victor looked as relaxed as ever, one arm draped over the backrest, languid

fingers holding a cigarette that was nearly spent. His gaze wandered idly over the wild scene unfolding on the stage-dancers, laughter, a mess of movement and lights.

Finley hesitated, then smirked. "Hey, Prince Charming, want to see something interesting?"

Victor shot him a lazy look. "If it's just more gossip, I'll pass."

But it's about your

Victor's eyebrow arched. "Isadora?"

cigarette in a smoky gray crystal ashtray, then

video in silence. By the time it ended, his expression

with a careless flick of his wrist, stood up, grabbed his jacket, and

stared after him, surprised at how quickly Victor

Prince! You're leaving already? The party's just getting started!" he called

also Magnus's fiancée. Did high-and-

the others, Isadora asked the driver to

the entrance to her

sobering her a little as she headed toward the

headlights cut through the darkness, slicing across her slender

an arm to shield her eyes and peered through her fingers. The silhouette of the sleek black Ferrari was instantly familiar-and completely out of place parked in

she could even process it, the car gave a sharp, arrogant

blinked, finally

was he doing here?

was no one

hesitation, she started walking toward the

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