Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 41

The next morning, Isadora was in her office, searching everywhere for the investment report on the Global Project.

She spent the entire morning turning the place upside down, but the report was nowhere to be found.

Her original plan had been simple: bring the business proposal to Victor, lay out the facts in a strictly professional manner, and see if he was interested in investing.

If that didn't work, well... She'd swallow her pride and remind him about that favor

he owed her. After all, Victor had promised her himself.

But now the report had vanished.

She was certain she'd left it right on her desk.

She'd even stayed late the previous night to put the finishing touches on it.

"Janet, has anyone been in my office the past couple of days?"

Janet lingered in the doorway, looking uneasy.

"No one's been in your office, Ms. Vaughan."

Isadora narrowed her eyes, fixing Janet with a stare that lasted several seconds. She didn't say a word.

Janet squirmed under the scrutiny, her scalp prickling. She didn't dare say anything else.

Janet wasn't the one who'd stolen the report.

she knew

gotten a call. Pearl's voice on the other end was cold and clear: If Janet breathed a word about what she'd seen, she could kiss her job at the Vaughan

family feuds among the rich and powerful.

she kept her mouth shut and pretended

well the report hadn't just disappeared into thin air. Seeing Janet's reluctance, she chose not to

"Alright, you can go."

she had

could present it herself if she had

and her purse, she

straight to

her network-even if she never needed his help it was always good to have options. How could she have been so careless? Now she was stuck

an hour later, Isadora arrived at

"Hi, could you help me get in touch with

seen plenty of people trying to get a meeting

"And you are...?"

Isadora from

so slightly. "From

Isadora a quick once-over. At least this one was prettier than

The executive office had made it clear: No meetings, no exceptions, no messages to be

"I'm afraid Mr. Fitzgerald isn't in at the

a message, so when he's back you could

receptionist's face was blank. "I'm sorry, but we don't accept appointments. If we did that for everyone, our CEO would never get

lobby, security posted at every door. There was no way she could just

if she couldn't get to Victor, how was she supposed

one last time. "Are you sure you can't