Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 157

Chapter 158

Just then, a pair of heavy red doors swung open.

Mrs. Fitzgerald emerged, flanked by two maids holding her arms, her pace unhurried and dignified.

Penelope Dawson immediately stood up, offering a polite curtsy. "Good afternoon, Mrs. Fitzgerald. I'm Penelope Dawson, Jack Harrison's wife, from the Harrison Group."

She gestured to an elegantly wrapped gift box on the table. "This is a rare, centuries-old ginseng we've treasured in our family for nearly a decade. I heard you've been feeling a bit run-down lately, so I brought it especially for you to help you regain your strength."

Mrs. Fitzgerald-Deanna-glanced at the box with practiced indifference and nodded.

A maid promptly stepped forward, collected the gift, and withdrew from the room.

Deanna eased herself into the seat of honor with the maids' gentle assistance. After a pause, she said, in a tone neither warm nor cold, "That's very thoughtful of you."

with a flattering smile. "The Harrisons and the Fitzgeralds go way back. I'm not sure if you remember, but when Dorian served in the

sip of tea and fixed Penelope with a direct gaze. "Penelope, let's not beat around

tailored deep violet dress. Although she was nearly eighty, her careful grooming made her appear barely over sixty. Silver hair perfectly coiffed, her face radiated warmth and benevolence, but Penelope knew well that you didn't become the matriarch of Capitolion's most

lowered her voice, "To be honest, I'm here today because I'm worried your grandson might be

grandson Victor, Deanna's

eight hundred million dollars in the Vaughan family's global expansion. And lately, they even went out of their

a dossier on

voice betraying nothing but age: "You seem awfully interested in

not at all, I

has always done as he pleased. And let me be clear: for the Fitzgerald Group,

her voice shrinking to a

didn't you arrange for someone to take down last night's story

through Penelope like a

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