Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 109

Genevieve's voice rang out, clear and loud.

Victor was sitting right beside Isadora, so he had no trouble catching every word of the phone call.

Isadora lifted a hand, as if to shield the conversation, but it didn't do much to muffle the sound.

The grand, luxurious living room was empty except for her and Victor.

Isadora lowered her voice. "Genevieve, now's not a good time."

On the other end, Genevieve stood outside the door of a private suite in an exclusive hospital.

She'd just returned from overseas a couple of days ago and was still out of the loop about what had happened in Capitolion.

To her shock, she'd barely set foot back home when she heard that her brother, Magnus, had been rushed from the office to the hospital that very day.

Magnus had even insisted the doctors not inform the rest of the Wainwright family.

So now, only Genevieve and a few of Magnus's brothers knew what was going

on.

The doctor's diagnosis was clear: overwork, poor eating habits, a severe migraine, and a perforated ulcer-one thing piling onto another.

Just then, a nurse finished hanging a fresh IV bag and slipped out of the room.

Peeking through the crack in the door, Genevieve could see Magnus, pale and gaunt, lying in bed.

His long fingers pressed against his stomach, brows furrowed tight in pain.

Even now, his features were sharp and cold, but there was a fragility about him that Genevieve had never seen before.

In the past, Magnus never would've ended up here. If he so much as caught a cold, Isadora would be by his side in a heartbeat, fussing over him, treating him like he was the center of her world.

But when Genevieve arrived at the hospital, she only saw Scales and Sammy in the room-not Isadora. It struck her as odd.

"Where's Isadora? My brother's been hospitalized, and she's nowhere to be found?"

hothead, scoffed, "Isadora? She's breaking up with Magnus as

devotion bordering on reckless;

Isadora would

wouldn't even have a place in the Vaughan family if not for Magnus's fiancée status.

word from Scales making it worse. He

buy into

she'd stepped out to make

a rotten temper, but don't hold it against

freeze, the atmosphere suddenly tense

in his chair, eyes half-lidded, a sardonic smile playing at

woman must be

Victor hadn't moved, but his presence

a measured voice, "Genevieve, Magnus and I have broken up. He's in the hospital, but the

hung up before Genevieve could

call had gone on any longer, the whole room would have

echoed from the phone,

find Isadora's phone was now

the

had Magnus

much she'd risked everything for him-so much so that now,

this

her high

looked up, dark eyes searching hopefully-only to dim again when he saw it was

to the side of the bed, hands on

you do? How did you mess things up with Isadora- the best thing that

to stir the pot, piped up. "He didn't do anything-just staged a fake wedding with Elise, ditched Isadora on her birthday to

dangerous, his voice cold with fury. "Scales.

swept the room, making Scales shudder. "Fine, fine, don't get worked

women out there. You'll find someone

Genevieve bristled, anger flaring.

of his mind? Treating Isadora

woman, she couldn't stand

she? Or is she just obsessed with you? Either way, you're no innocent in this mess. After what you did to Isadora, no wonder she left. I'm