Chapter 244

Rowena drew a long, shaky breath, her eyes locked on Isadora.

After a tense silence, she bit her lip and spoke through gritted teeth. "Abbott has some compromising photos of me. He said if our firm lands the Horizon Architects project, he'll leak them to the press."

Wendy caught up behind them just in time to hear this. Her face darkened as she rolled up her sleeves.

"That scumbag did what? Rowena, I swear, I'll go knock his teeth out!"

Isadora frowned. "Wendy, if you storm over there now, those photos could be plastered all over Capitolion by tomorrow-or even in the next minute."

*

Parking garage.

Isadora scanned the lot and spotted a tall, broad-shouldered man not far away, reaching for his car door.

She hurried over at first walking, then picking up speed, her heels clicking sharply against the concrete as she broke into a run.

"Victor!" she called out.

voice, turning to see Isadora running toward him, her hair streaming behind her

before, rushing to him, breathless and

Isadora ran faster. As she reached him, Victor opened his

I'm not

catching her breath, Isadora managed, "I... I need your

arched an eyebrow, his tone playfully casual. "Let me guess-what could possibly make you this desperate? You must be

Isadora's cheeks deepened, whether from having been caught out

dancing in

my favors

shone with a quiet intensity. She hesitated, then gently hooked her slender fingers through his, her voice soft. "Name your

drifted down to the small hand in

thought. She knows how to

said with a

the passenger seat

while the other idly toyed with Isadora's fingers as he started

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