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.

mall meetings were rarely important enough for Magnus to

thought, Isadora replied,

into the conference call. The mall's general manager had just finished his year-end report when, suddenly, some movement

what brings you here?" someone asked

entered the conference room. He scanned 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

the sound

Vaughan, are you satisfied with this year's revenue plan, or

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

that, she ended the

his phone, the empty silence deepening the gloom in his eyes. He let out

was really cutting him off-leaving nothing behind,

time, Magnus truly understood: Isadora was gone. She wasn't bluffing, wasn't playing games, wasn't trying to make

didn't

time he thought about it, the silence and suffocating darkness threatened to swallow

run from it. Yet when he heard Isadora might attend the Metropolitan Mall meeting, he couldn't help himself—he had to come, just for a glimpse,

made his heart, long turned to ashes, flicker

Magnus stood up and strode