Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 255

Isadora wasn't nearly as thick-skinned as he was. She turned her head and shot him a glare, though it didn't hold much weight.

But just as she did, her gaze collided with Victor's those deep-set, striking eyes of his.

His eyes were shaded and intense, the outer corners tilting upward in a way that could almost steal someone's breath away.

Isadora opened her mouth to say something, but the moment she met that midnight gaze, she felt her cheeks heat up, color spreading slowly across her skin.

Usually, it was just the two of them together.

Now, with her closest friend sitting right there, she felt a twinge of embarrassment —a girlish awkwardness-but more than that, a strange fluttering sensation she couldn't quite name.

Across the table, Nanette's impression of this so-called 'prince' was still stuck on their last encounter at the hospital, when he'd pulled up in his car and interfered, high-handed and domineering.

Now, here he was in person, and the reality of his presence was even more intense.

Victor Fitzgerald's effortless elegance, that careless nobility in every gesture, that set

Fitzgerald, thank you again for helping me get those documents on Abbott's

own to return the toast. Instead, his long fingers tapped lightly on the table, his tone casual,

hand hung awkwardly in the air, glass poised

jabbed him in the side with her

Rowena. That's

finally setting

the fast pace and easy banter of showbiz, jumped in to lighten the mood. "So, what kind of 'thank

an indie film up for an Oscar this year, would you

her lip.

Just looking out

to Isadora, and his voice was

meaning was clear-if Isadora said yes, nothing was impossible. And it was obvious