Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 269

Eleanor had seen it all before.

She understood exactly what was at stake.

Love, once tangled up with money or ambition, lost its purity. It was no better than Isadora staying with Victor just for the Fitzgerald Group's power and connections. And Eleanor couldn't bear the thought of her daughter being belittled like that.

"Isadora, I'd rather be thrown out of the Vaughan family with nothing to my name than see you stoop for the Vaughan Group. Just give those shares back."

"Mom."

Isadora's voice was barely above a whisper.

It had been so long since Eleanor had heard her daughter call her "Mom." The word caught her off guard, and her eyes stung with tears she tried to hold back.

Isadora's voice wavered, almost lost in the quiet, and if you listened closely, you could hear the tremor in it.

"I suppose I'm not a good person, and I never really loved Victor all that much. That's why I could ever agree to treat him like part of a bargain. Someone like me isn't worth his affection."

Eleanor let out a long, weary sigh.

*

It was Kemp who told Isadora that Victor's flight was arriving today.

straight

was right next to the busy main one, separated only by a

quietly in the shade of the covered

Victor

to surprise

let any regrets

was glorious

jet rolled onto the runway and

a tall, broad-shouldered man

followed, each wheeling

Fitzgerald strolled ahead, his

his expression in the bright sunlight, but the air around him bristled with a careless arrogance

hand and waved in

noticed the woman waiting not

the sunlight above her low brown loafers-she wasn't wearing heels today, so

Victor square in the

his lips. He lengthened his stride, crossing the tarmac in a few quick,

amusement. His voice was low and teasing. "You're smiling like that just to seduce me the moment I

meeting his

you think I'm trying to

been standing pretty far

could he