Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 67

Victor gave a crooked smile. "Follow you? You think I have time for that?"

Isadora pressed her lips together. The accusation had just slipped out-she knew perfectly well Victor wasn't the type to waste his time tailing someone as insignificant as her.

She tried to recover. "Dinner will have to wait. I'm not in the mood tonight. You should head home, Mr. Fitzgerald."

He let out a short, cold laugh. "Oh, I see. No mood for me, but you find time for Magnus, don't you?"

She felt the sting of his words-Victor was nothing if not perceptive. The double standard was obvious, even if she tried to deny it.

Victor's gaze hardened. "Don't forget about the investment I wired over today. Is this your way of showing gratitude?"

Isadora's confidence wavered. She owed him, no matter how much she tried to deny it. It was hard to stand tall when you'd accepted someone's help.

"I..."

Before she could finish, she felt a sudden, unfamiliar heat at the corner of her mouth.

fingers brushing softly at her lips, wiping away a trace of something she hadn't noticed. The gentle friction sent a strange,

breath caught in

voice, low and dangerous, cut through the silence. "Did he touch you?"

looked damning-she'd taken his money and promised to stay away from Magnus, only to be caught with him the very next moment. No matter how wealthy or

moving. He strode forward, long legs closing the gap between them in an

ever

you doing?"

his voice gravelly and barely restrained. "I told you to stay

around her waist,

her lips, tracing their shape with his tongue, savoring and exploring. The scent of pine

breath, her hands pushing against his chest, but he caught her wrists

tried to kick him away, but Victor anticipated her,

her senses overloaded by the intensity of his touch. She'd tasted Victor's kisses before,

had intended to punish her, to make her pay for her duplicity. But the feel of her beneath his hands set his self-control ablaze, fueling a

silk nightdress, fingers tracing the sensitive skin