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."

bobbed beneath her teasing, his eyes growing dark

remember her ever being so

say you don't want anything,

gaze. At this distance, she could see every detail of his lashes, the cut of his eyes, and the way he was

and cool, tinged with a faint trace

pulled back just enough to challenge him, her mouth still barely touching his. "What, am I

out a

She knew how

rolled her beneath him on the sofa, eyes locked on hers, burning

like silk, her fair cheeks tinged with pink,

thick with innuendo. "Tonight, you can

her shirt, one by one. Her heart hammered in her chest; tonight, she was expecting something different, something

Suddenly, the doorbell chimed.

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

"Who could that be?"

her a look of frustration, which

She stretched out her bare foot and nudged his

"Go answer the door."