Chapter 215

Richard forced a smile. "Isadora, your mother's not well. Why don't you move back in for a while? I'm sure she'd recover faster if you were around."

Isadora's gaze instantly chilled as she looked at him.

"I'm not a doctor, Richard. Me standing there watching her isn't going to make her better, is it?"

Her father's face darkened at her words. Realizing this tactic wouldn't work, he cut straight to the point. "Fine. Then at least help your old man out-set up a meeting with Victor. He's your boyfriend, isn't he? After all this time, don't you think it's time he met your family?"

Isadora gave a short, cold laugh.

"Sure, so you can talk business and grill him about career plans, right? Sorry to disappoint you, but Victor and I aren't exactly on speaking terms."

That much was true.

She and Victor had just ended things, and were now negotiating a timeline for going their separate ways.

Not that it would matter if she could help.

had that kind of influence, the last thing she wanted was to do any more favors for the

now, Isadora understood exactly what kind of man Richard was-he'd always put his own interests above everything, even family. But

man he was now;

of startup cash-from her family, that Richard managed to build

began to falter. Richard had called it a "merger," but in truth, he'd swallowed up Eleanor's family's

of selfish and ungrateful, a man who turned his back on those

recognize me as your father anymore? As long as I'm your dad, you'll do

voice stayed calm. "Leaving the Vaughan Group was proof enough

Richard's curses trailing behind her and walked

silence,

a quiet corner, she saw a

stone and tumble

into

walking just steps away, immediately rushed over, scooped her up in

in front of Isadora's car, the sight illuminating the difference between their

the street as a

up to see Carla, several paces

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