Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 65

Chapter 66

"Elise, if you're not feeling well, ask Gideon. I can't talk right now."

Elise's voice trembled. "Magnus, my chest hurts so much I can barely breathe. I don't want Gideon, I just want you..."

On the other end, Gideon's voice broke in, panicked. "Elise! Elise, what's wrong? Why did you faint? Magnus, her breathing's really shallow get over here, now!"

Magnus's jaw tightened, his expression hard as stone.

Without another word, he bolted for the elevator.

When it didn't come fast enough, he didn't hesitate he sprinted down the stairs instead.

Isadora watched his retreating figure, disappearing without the slightest hesitation.

All she felt was a dull numbness.

This time, curiously, there was no sharp ache.

And why should there be?

After all the times her heart had been trampled-no, sliced open by him—if she still let herself hurt for him, it might just kill her.

She stooped to pick up her keys from the floor, unlocked the door, and stepped into her apartment.

the bathroom, she ran a hot

tension she'd carried while

into a pink silk camisole nightdress, its

skimming her thighs and showing

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

Isadora tensed.

Magnus have come

No, impossible.

it was that Elise's "illness"

gray robe, wrapping herself up tight, and

peephole, she saw it wasn't

he doing here at this hour? Was something

a business dinner that evening, and

asked where

blurted

the car stopped outside that he realized he'd come

was late-he hadn't

to linger downstairs for a while, to be close to her, to look up at the city's star-splattered sky. Just being near her filled him with a sense of peace he'd

a Rolls-Royce glided past his car, turning heads in the middle of this ordinary apartment complex. The rare, limited-edition luxury

over, only to see Magnus behind

Magnus

between him

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