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

Trouble incarnate.

awkward and just a

acted more

amused. It wasn't as if he 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 fridge,

sandwiches and frozen

is what you eat at

with her bulk supermarket finds. Frozen meals

she could cook, and cook well, but only ever made the effort for Magnus. For herself, she

hear the disapproval in

Mr. Fitzgerald's mansion," she said. "I

private chef on

in his hand. "No wonder you're all skin and bones. Living off this

to check,

stand it. Grumbling, he made his way into the kitchen

the doorway, taking in the tall, elegant figure in her tiny

up having two bowls, more than

for a morning

door while she dashed back

apartment next door opened, and a woman emerged in high

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