Chapter 203

Isadora blinked, her long lashes fluttering like butterfly wings.

"And what makes you think I'm upset?"

Victor stood up slowly, his imposing frame casting an invisible weight over the

room.

He fixed her with those dark, fathomless eyes-depths as endless as a midnight sky.

He tapped a finger lightly against his chest. "Right here. I can see it clear as day." "So, tell me—who dared upset my little piglet? I'll have a word with them." Isadora dropped her gaze, avoiding the heat in his stare. She stayed silent.

Victor reached out and pinched her cheek, her skin pale as porcelain and impossibly soft, smooth as silk beneath his fingers.

"Victor!" Isadora's thoughts tangled, and she pushed his hand away. "Stop grabbing at me."

He arched a brow, a playful smile teasing his lips. "Oh? It was fine yesterday, but not today? My, aren't you fickle, princess?"

pursed. "Just don't touch

touch

closer, bringing his striking, chiseled face right up to hers until their eyes met-his gaze

for permission, he pressed her delicate hand against

childhood sweetheart, too? The thought flashed through her head, chilling her to the core like

pull away, but his grip

of me," she

"Nope."

Her patience snapped.

but Mr. Fitzgerald-you're the

I'll stop.

closed off. "Nothing. It's

voice was low and languid, tinged with a hint of mischief. "If you won't talk, how am I supposed

sharp, dark eyes locking with his. At this close range, she could see every detail the thick lashes, the blade-like shape of his eyes, the way the corners tilted up just so.

want to

someone will keep score in secret. Then stop answering my calls, disappear

lips curled into a faintly mocking grin. It was impossible to tell if

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