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.

Isadora running toward him, her hair streaming behind her and her fair cheeks flushed with urgency-alive and

her like this before, rushing to him, breathless and

faster. As she reached him, Victor opened his arms and caught her effortlessly, a grin tugging at

the hurry? I'm not

managed, "I... I need your help

his tone playfully casual. "Let me guess-what could possibly make you this desperate?

whether from having been caught out or simply from her

quirked in a half-smile, amusement dancing in his eyes.

my favors aren't

hesitated, then gently hooked her

down to the small hand in his palm, something

clever, he thought. She knows how

said with a lazy tilt of

the passenger seat beside him without

Victor steered with one hand while the other idly toyed with

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