Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 288

The man's name echoed suddenly in her ear.

Isadora's heart clenched painfully as thoughts of her pregnancy flashed through her mind.

"Tonight's the Capitolion Charity Gala," Nanette said breathlessly. "Victor was invited as the guest of honor, and guess who's clinging to his arm? None other than Laverne—the Oscar-winning actress everyone's obsessed with right now."

"Isadora, isn't he still your boyfriend? How can he be so shameless, parading another woman around for everyone to see? The whole room is gossiping about how perfect they look together. It's infuriating!"

Isadora just stood there, stunned.

Without another word, Nanette grabbed her hand and pulled her inside.

The ballroom was buzzing with chatter and laughter.

Waiters wove through the crowd, balancing trays of cocktails.

Onstage, the charity auction was already in full swing, the bidding lively and relentless.

From the moment she stepped in, Isadora spotted him-sitting in the prime spot closest to the stage.

them exuding wealth and influence, with

wonder Isadora's eyes went

out so sharply from

profile looked like it had been carved by a master sculptor-bold brows, piercing eyes, a perfectly straight nose-a

bow tie at his throat. The crisp lines of his jacket narrowed at the waist, and his long legs stretched

the glittering lights of the

been nearly a

seen him, hadn't even crossed

just stood there, caught off guard,

lingered too long, because suddenly Victor's indifferent eyes swept over the crowd and landed on

second-his gaze brushed past her, casual, almost dismissive,

he hadn't even registered that it

couldn't say what she felt in that

she knew was that the darkness in his

himself felt

her

Victor-and right next to him is Laverne, this year's Oscar winner. Look at her-she's practically

Isadora didn't respond, Nanette glanced over and noticed how

determined to stand up for