Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 250

Victor tapped the notification and opened the chat without thinking. Suddenly, that message-just four words: *"Thunder scares me."*

The words hit Victor hard, catching him completely off guard as they lit up the darkness of his gaze.

His fingertips hovered over those words glowing on the cold glass of his phone.

He didn't remember ever receiving this message.

That day, his father had suffered a sudden stroke. Victor had rushed to the hospital to donate blood, leaving his phone and clothes with the housekeeper.

Now, silence pressed in all around him.

Across the kitchen, Isadora was plating a perfectly seared steak onto a white dish. "Isadora," Victor's voice was rough, low.

She glanced over her shoulder. "What's wrong?"

Victor's arm tightened around her slender waist.

Without another word, he scooped her up and settled her onto the clean marble counter beside him, so they were face to face.

His eyes were dark, unwavering as he looked at her at first calm and deep, then slowly flickering with emotion. His voice dropped even lower. "That night... I didn't know you wanted me to come back."

Isadora blinked, her dark eyes wide and clear.

His words yanked her back to that lonely evening: sitting alone at the table, mustering up the courage to send that message.

okay," she said softly. "You told me your grandfather was sick.

eyes. He murmured, "I'm

it was just another night he hadn't

been waiting, hoping he'd come

things weren't the same at

strained. "It's fine. It's in the past,

He reached up, cupped the back of her neck, and kissed her-urgent, almost

seeping right into her nerves. Breathless, mouth still pressed to hers, he whispered,

warm against her

heart felt like it might

kissed countless times

this kiss-tinged with apology-unsettled

parted. She murmured

didn't catch it. He leaned in, ear close. "What

"We haven't eaten

His hand slipped beneath the hem of

along the

just want to taste

heady,

tangled together, impossible

gasped, unable to

"Isadora."

opened her eyes, dazed