Chapter 69

What did she say?

Isadora's face was a picture of confusion.

Victor's lips traced a slow, possessive path down to the tip of her nose, then finally pressed against her own, brushing her lips with his. He lingered there, savoring the taste of her, before deepening the kiss into something unmistakably French.

"Mmm-"

Things quickly got heated.

Isadora pleaded with him to stop, her voice half-laughter, half-protest.

It wasn't until her legs were so weak she could barely stand that Victor finally let

her go.

Later, standing in front of the bathroom mirror, Isadora stared at her pale skin, now marked with bruises and love bites that made her wince just to look at them. She silently cursed Victor. Was he part wolf or something?

The man had a thing for biting, apparently.

She rummaged through her closet for ages before finally settling on a shirt that would cover the worst of the marks.

of her bedroom, Victor emerged from the guest bathroom across the hall. He wore a pair of casual gray joggers, bare-chested, water still dripping from his short hair as he ran a towel through it. He looked relaxed,

Trouble incarnate.

looked away, awkward and just a little

was this, anyway? Victor acted

hadn't seen her like this before. Still, she blushed every time. That stubbornness he found it endearing. He smiled to himself and walked straight to the

of sandwiches and frozen dinners greeted

frowned. "This is what you eat at

supermarket finds. Frozen meals were quick and easy-perfect for rushed

she could cook, and cook well, but only ever

could hear the disapproval in Victor's

mansion,"

or a private chef

in his hand.

need to check, she thought, rolling

couldn't stand it. Grumbling, he made his way into the kitchen and whipped up a simple bowl of

figure in her tiny kitchen. He looked completely out of place,

ended up having two

had to hurry out for a morning inspection at the mall. She was

door while she dashed back

opened, and a woman emerged in

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