Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 258

Victor's tone turned teasing, almost flirtatious. "Don't want it? Then what do you want? My brother instead?"

Isadora blushed, grabbed a small pillow from the couch, and threw it at him.

"I don't want either of you!"

Victor reached out, caught her by the wrist, and pulled Isadora onto his lap. Leaning in close, his breath warm against her ear, he murmured, "Really? You don't want anything?"

His hot breath sent a shiver down her spine. She hated how easily he could fluster her.

Lately, being with Victor felt like falling into a different kind of romance-one that made her heart race for all new reasons.

Half of their three-month arrangement had already slipped by, but neither of them had brought it up again. It was as if, sensing the approaching deadline, they both instinctively cherished what time they had left, unwilling to spoil it by speaking of the end.

Isadora perched sideways on Victor's lap, feeling the strength in his legs beneath her.

She slid her arms around his neck and pulled his head down toward her.

Leaning in, she gave his Adam's apple a playful nip, grinning as she whispered, "I said, I really don't want anything."

throat bobbed beneath her teasing, his

ever being so

you don't want anything, but you're still biting

her skin flush under his gaze. At this distance, she could see every detail of his lashes, the cut of his eyes, and

cool, tinged with a faint trace of tobacco and something that was

just enough to challenge him, her mouth still barely touching

let out a low

well. She knew how

beneath him on the sofa, eyes locked on

across the cushion like silk, her fair cheeks tinged with pink, her clear

down, his words thick with innuendo. "Tonight, you can

heart hammered in her chest; tonight, she was expecting something different, something she almost

Suddenly, the doorbell chimed.

Isadora's eyes cleared in an instant. She shoved Victor off, scrambling upright and frantically

"Who could that be?"

her a look of frustration, which only

stretched out her bare foot and

"Go answer the door."