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?"

you, but everyone here knows she

gaze, silent

insomnia almost every night. The family doctor recommended a hospital stay, but she refuses to go," Laura

that, Isadora's

come by later," she said quietly,

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

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

cursed Victor under her breath

out a high-collared silk blouse to cover the marks on

shower, she grabbed her keys and drove

but Isadora waved

stairs to the second floor and paused in front of her parents' bedroom, just as raised voices spilled out into the

keep your own

is our daughter. We spent years focusing on Pearl, and now we should make it up to Isadora, not keep pressuring her," Eleanor replied,

we should use that connection to open

interrupted by

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

can't manage that,

spent half my life with you. I gave you children, I turned a blind eye to your affairs, and now, just because

want the Vaughan family to stand among the most powerful in Capitol City. Anyone who stands in my way-whether

and stormed out, not even glancing