Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 214

Isadora slowly opened her eyes.

She lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, her mind drifting back to last night. Scenes replayed in her memory like vivid movie clips-one after another, heated and languid, leaving her cheeks flushed just thinking about them.

They really had tried just about every position imaginable.

The sofa, the floor-to-ceiling windows, the dining table, the bathroom...

A necktie, a bottle of red wine, and-God, his mouth...

Suddenly, Isadora sat up, the covers slipping down her bare skin.

In the daylight, the bruises and marks along her collarbone and hips were shockingly visible-stark reminders of everything that had happened.

She couldn't help but regret it a little. She'd let him have his way with her completely, and they hadn't even settled the terms she wanted.

Grabbing her phone from the nightstand, Isadora quickly typed out a message.

"About what you promised me last night—are you going to keep your word or not?"

Just then, her phone began to ring.

She glanced at the screen and answered, "Laura? What's going on?"

to tell you, but everyone here knows she really wants to see you. Maybe you could

lowered her gaze, silent

doctor recommended a hospital stay, but she refuses to

Isadora's

by later," she

a text: *Running late today, won't be at the

floor-immediately regretting it. Every muscle ached, as if her whole body

Victor under her breath for the hundredth

out a high-collared silk blouse to cover the marks

grabbed her keys and drove to Vaughan

and hurried over, but Isadora waved her off. "It's fine, I'll go up

in front of her parents' bedroom,

keep your own daughter in

and now we should make it up to Isadora, not keep pressuring her,"

I know is, she's involved with Mr. Fitzgerald now, and we should use

interrupted by a fit of

care what you have to do—just get her back into the

you can't manage that, Eleanor,

"Richard, I've spent half my life with you. I gave you children, I turned a blind eye to your affairs, and

were cold. "You know what matters most to me. I want the Vaughan family to stand among the most powerful

door and stormed out, not even glancing in Isadora's direction as