Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

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.

that kind of influence, the last thing she wanted was to do any

put his own interests above everything, even family. But she hadn't realized how far he'd go, or how many affairs he'd had

hadn't always been the powerful man he was now; he started out broke,

small amount of startup cash-from her family, that Richard managed to build up what became the Vaughan family

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

and ungrateful, a man who turned his back on those who helped

child! Do you even recognize me as your father anymore? As long as

Vaughan Group was proof enough that I want nothing more

that, she ignored Richard's curses trailing behind her and walked

drove in silence, her mind

corner, she saw a little girl-maybe

stone and tumble

child burst into loud,

away, immediately rushed over, scooped her up in her arms, and soothed

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

surfaced-crossing the street as a child with her foster

looking up to see Carla, several