Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 280

"When I have money, I'll buy a big house, and we'll all live there together."

She was painting Carla an impossible dream.

"Would you really want to live with your mother?" Carla asked, voice tinged with disbelief.

"Of course—if you can get rid of Isadora first."

Carla had raised Isadora for years. She knew all her daughter's weaknesses.

A flicker of cold determination crossed her eyes. "Don't worry. I'll take care of her quietly. She won't even see it coming."

*

The next morning, Isadora arrived at her office. A knock sounded at the door.

"Ms. Vaughan, the midyear summary meeting for Metropolitan Mall needs your participation," her assistant announced.

Metropolitan Mall was a joint venture between the Vaughan family and the Wainwrights-an old project Richard had once convinced Magnus Wainwright to invest in.

minor mall meetings were rarely important enough for

Isadora replied,

mall's general manager had just finished his

brings you here?" someone

the table, searching for Isadora, but she was nowhere to be seen. Disappointment clouded his face. "I'm just here to listen in. Please, continue," Magnus said quietly, taking a

the sound

addressed her, "Ms. Vaughan, are you satisfied with this

Group will be withdrawing from all operations at Metropolitan Mall. This year's dividends will go exclusively

that, she ended the

at his phone, the empty silence deepening the gloom in his

cutting him off-leaving nothing behind, not even a thread

Isadora was gone. She wasn't bluffing, wasn't playing games, wasn't trying to

didn't love

it, the silence and suffocating darkness

Mall meeting, he couldn't help himself—he had to come, just for a glimpse, just to hear her voice, even if she was

heard her speak, even those cold words made his heart, long

hold. Magnus stood up and strode out of