Chapter 272

"At least bring me something to eat before you shut the door on me!"

Isadora kicked her legs in the air in protest.

"Victor, put me down!"

Victor's gaze was dark and unreadable, a hint of a smile playing on his lips. "Say please."

Sometimes you just had to swallow your pride.

Isadora gave in quickly, pressing her hands together in a pleading gesture. "Please? Pretty please?"

Victor's eyes lowered in feigned thought. After a beat, he replied, deadpan, "Nope."

Isadora was speechless. Seriously?!

"Then why did you even ask me to beg?"

Victor's expression softened, amusement curling at the edge of his mouth. "Isadora, I just asked you to beg. I never promised I'd say yes."

She pouted. "You're such a jerk!"

"If I'm a jerk, what does that make you? The jerk's

word—"wife"-caught

his profile, the chiseled lines of his face softened by the golden

said it so casually, as if

it, Victor scooped her up and carried her

dipped beneath her weight, then bounced

the movement, the thin straps slipping down her arms, baring her smooth, pale

his black shirt and let it fall to the floor, then

shot through her body,

couldn't help but let out

faint whiff of perfume drifted into her nose-something

never

This wasn't hers.

body tensed. She pressed

"Let go of me."

being coy. His

grew thick with heat and

"Victor, you hook up with some woman while you're

water, dousing

in her

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