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

next to the busy main one, separated only by a row of trees

shade of the covered walkway near the

told Victor she was

to

week left in their three-month arrangement, and she didn't want to let any regrets linger. All she wanted now

weather in Capitolion was glorious today-crystal-clear skies

rolled onto

opened, and a

dressed assistants followed, each wheeling a

his posture easy,

was still a little too far away for Isadora to make out his expression in the bright sunlight, but the air around him bristled with a careless arrogance that was all

her hand and waved

noticed the woman waiting not too

shoulders. A hint of fair skin caught the sunlight above her low brown loafers-she wasn't wearing heels today, so she looked more petite than usual. She waved, a soft smile lighting up her features,

hit Victor square

his stride,

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

meeting his

you think I'm trying to

standing pretty

those oversized sunglasses, how could