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.

said softly. "You told

in Victor's eyes. He murmured, "I'm

thought it was just another night he

hadn't realized she'd been waiting, hoping he'd

things weren't the

to smile, but it came out strained. "It's fine. It's in the

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

at her lip, deepening the kiss, his warmth seeping right into her nerves. Breathless, mouth still pressed to hers, he

warm against

heart felt

countless times

somehow, this kiss-tinged with apology-unsettled her the

parted. She murmured

didn't catch it. He leaned

"We haven't eaten

hand slipped beneath the

circles along the smooth skin of

I just want to taste

thick and heady, filled the

tangled together, impossible

unable to hold

"Isadora."

eyes, dazed