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.

meetings were rarely important enough

moment's thought, Isadora replied, "I'll

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

brings you

for Isadora, but she was nowhere to be seen. Disappointment clouded his face.

the sound of his

down, the manager addressed her, "Ms. Vaughan, are you satisfied with this year's revenue plan, or do

thoughtful for a moment. "From now on, the Vaughan Group will be withdrawing from all operations at Metropolitan Mall. This

that, she ended the

phone, the empty silence deepening the

off-leaving nothing

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

simply didn't love him

silence and suffocating darkness threatened to

attend the Metropolitan Mall meeting, he couldn't help himself—he had to come, just

her speak, even those cold words made his heart, long turned to

thought took hold. Magnus stood up and strode out of the