Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 171

Victor arched an eyebrow in amused challenge.

Just as Isadora was about to open the car door, he slipped an arm around her slender waist and pulled her firmly onto his lap.

"Piggy Vaughan, you're just going to leave like this?"

Isadora froze, suddenly hyperaware of Victor's body beneath her. The closeness sent a jolt of nerves through her, and she was too startled to move.

"What else do you want?" she managed, voice barely above a whisper.

Victor's lips brushed teasingly against her cheek, his breath hot against her ear. He let his fingers trace lightly over her skin before biting her earlobe-not gently, either.

"Ow!" she protested, her tone soft and petulant, more like a plea than a complaint. The sound made Victor's body tense with desire.

He leaned in closer, his gaze smoldering. "If you don't want to get hurt, you'd better behave."

Maybe then she'd stop saying things that pissed him off.

word, Victor turned her face toward him, his eyes dark and intense. He kissed her

filled the car, saturating the air around her until she felt trapped-in the

kiss. At some point, her arms slipped around his neck,

to last forever, until the heat between them threatened to ignite into something more. Only then did

smoothed her hair. "If I didn't have a flight later tonight, I'd be tempted to finish what we started

looked up at him, her eyes shining. "Business

time, Victor had cut a week's business down to four days just

there were still some follow-up issues at the Solstrand branch he had

glinted with mischief as he smiled, impossibly alluring.

back to reality.

I'm gone, you'd better

The Ace's Den.

littered the VIP suite's

on the couch, eyes bloodshot and icy with anger. Anyone who got

a bottle of whiskey in one hand, he poured himself a generous glass and knocked it back like water, barely flinching as it

the