Chapter 121

"So I turned him down, quite seriously."

At that moment, Isadora knew with absolute certainty-there wasn't a trace of Magnus left in her heart.

She looked up, catching Victor's gaze across the table, her eyes shining with a soft, enchanting light-like a rose swaying in a summer breeze, impossible to resist.

Victor's eyes darkened with something unreadable as he picked up a stack of documents from the table and handed them to her. "Take a look."

She'd noticed the folder when he arrived, but hadn't thought much of it-until now. As she opened it, her eyes widened in astonishment.

It was a contract, signed by Mason himself, granting The Fitzgerald Group exclusive rights to bring M Boutique into their shops.

And now Victor was handing it over. Just like that.

Wasn't this the same M Boutique that had turned her down with such arrogance earlier that afternoon? And now, it was hers, as easily as if he were handing her a wrapped gift?

As if to confirm her thoughts, Victor said with a casual kind of grandeur, "Consider it a present."

Isadora snapped her eyes to him. "This is too valuable. What do you want in return?"

In the business world, gifts for a girlfriend were usually jewelry or pearls. But this this was a contract every major company in the Capitolion Mall was fighting

over.

need conditions to help my own

"You probably should."

the night with me. That's all." Isadora's

that out loud, in a place like this, where

around, then leaned in to whisper by his ear, "Sorry, I'm on my period.

in a look of

once he didn't seem like the untouchable executive, more like

been denied his favorite treat. Isadora couldn't help

her waist, giving her side a gentle squeeze. "Don't tease me if you're not going to follow

suddenly shy after all

a long

good at this, he

you for this contract. I really do need it, but this is business, and I can't just accept it for nothing. My suggestion is the Vaughan Group will offer double what The Fitzgerald

her off. "Isadora, if I were ever in trouble,

all, he'd helped

she couldn't imagine Victor

hear," he said. "For me,

I can give

she wanted. The words made

sudden stillness. He hadn't meant to say so much out loud— maybe

tried to play it off. "Really, it's just so you'll stop frowning over

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