Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 144

"No."

Isadora had no intention of thinking about him.

"But I miss you. Isadora, you hear me?"

She caught the look in his eyes-dark and fathomless, like a midnight whirlpool. It felt as if she could tumble right into his gaze and disappear.

Her heart skipped a beat.

Then, with an easy, teasing smile, he added, "All I can think about tonight is you. What am I supposed to do about that?"

Of course she should've known better than to trust a word he said!

*

After hanging up, Victor's lips curled in a faint, amused smile.

His assistant, Kemp, knocked politely before stepping in and offering a stack of documents with the deference reserved for someone far above his pay grade.

Victor strode to his desk, uncapped a pen, and signed his name at the end of the contract. Without looking up, he passed the papers back and asked, "Has my flight home on Friday been booked?"

took the file, hesitated, then gave

branch had pulled

person would take on. Wrapping it all up in a week

worked around the clock, somehow compressing a week's

determined to

important was waiting for

orders came from Victor's grandfather-Dorian Fitzgerald himself there was only so much you

a moment's hesitation,

LS Capital Holdings' chairman has her graduation ceremony at Harvard this week. Mr. Dorian wanted me

voice shrank under Victor's

unreadable as he

even straighter. "Yes,

"Remind me, Kemp-are you working for

"For you, Mr. Fitzgerald."

why are you relaying

Kemp feel as if someone had

extra caution, Kemp replied, "Sir,

"No disrespect? You seem awfully bold to me. What's next, are you planning to block

swallowed hard. "...Of

the old

his lips together. "I understand, sir.