Chapter 283

Faustina scowled, her voice sharp with anger. "Who the hell are you? How I deal with this woman is none of your business!"

Genevieve quickly tugged at her mother's sleeve, trying to get her to keep quiet.

"Mom, that's Mr. Fitzgerald you're talking to."

Victor's gaze was icy, his presence commanding and intimidating without a word. "You think you can lay a hand on my woman without running it by me first?"

Faustina and Genevieve stared at him in disbelief.

Faustina blurted out, "What?!"

"Isadora is Mr. Fitzgerald's girlfriend?"

Victor shot her a cold, dismissive look, the corner of his mouth curling up in a humorless smirk. "Who else's would she be? Yours?"

Without waiting for a reply, Victor ignored Faustina and her daughter completely. He strode over to Isadora, his eyes meeting hers with a dark intensity as he offered her his hand.

hand in front of her, her lashes fluttering. After a moment's hesitation, she placed her hand in his and rose to her

her out of the

she wants to break up with my son she's got her hooks into the prince himself! I told your

hospital corridor, her cheeks burning with embarrassment. She stomped her foot. "Mom, Magnus is still in surgery. Can you please just keep your voice down and

Genevieve's forehead. "Stop it, stop it, that's all you say! Your brother risked his life for that Isadora, and what

to the waiting female doctor and said, "Take a look

arms protectively, shaking her head and speaking so quietly it was barely a whisper. "I'm fine. There's nothing

you want me to check for

darker than usual-not cold, but more forceful

enough time around him to sense his irritation simmering beneath the

room's atmosphere seemed to chill

Isadora relaxed her arms and

pressure in the room, quickly drew the curtain and performed a

some swelling and abrasions

sat obediently on the edge of the bed, letting the doctor tend to her

dabbed iodine and ointment onto the raw skin with

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