Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 133

Victor's life began with privilege.

He was given the finest education, access to every exclusive resource money

could buy.

But what his family offered in luxury, they lacked in warmth.

Raised in a house where affection was replaced by cold, transactional exchanges, Victor became the perfect heir-ruthless, calculating, and as unyielding as steel.

If it hadn't been for the appearance of that little girl all those years ago, he might have grown into something far worse-reckless, perhaps even heartless.

Suddenly, Isadora heard Victor's low, dangerously enticing voice in her ear.

"Sleep with me once, and I'll hand you the entire Vaughan Group. What do you say?"

Isadora froze.

He made the offer as casually as if he were gifting her a piece of jewelry.

And perhaps, for him, it really was that simple.

Still, her heart fluttered with a mix of fear and excitement.

her to blush and

reached up, looped her arms around

the first time, she was the one

*

an exclusive financial summit-the most prestigious event on the

invited, with Wainwright Holdings and the Fitzgerald

CEOS and high-level executives, all

be here

to the

his commanding presence. The knot of his tie was styled to perfection, a crisp white pocket

circle of industry veterans hovered at

him, something dark flickered in

That phone call.

the first time in his life, Magnus had felt his

Fitzgerald Group was Wainwright

spite him, she'd deliberately gotten

Isadora now was nothing but provocation-a

rivalries were

was after

side. He hadn't been in a

he might have challenged Victor to a

same executives who'd been fawning over Magnus now drifted toward