Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 290

Her eyes shimmered, soft and bashful, as if she wanted to say something but held back.

Any man who saw that look would have been ready to hand over his heart to her.

Victor lifted his eyelids lazily, his gaze sweeping over her with a hint of mischief curling at his lips. "Do you like it?"

A thrill of delight shot through Laverne at his words.

Sure, given her current status, she could barely afford a necklace like this on her own. But if it was a gift from the man beside her, it would mean something entirely different—especially tonight, at such a high-profile charity gala.

By tomorrow, she'd no doubt be trending across social media, her worth soaring even higher.

A flush of pink bloomed on Laverne's cheeks. "It's far too generous."

Someone in the crowd raised their paddle-fifteen million.

Victor didn't even blink. He lifted his own paddle.

"Fifty million."

The entire ballroom erupted.

heir to the Fitzgerald family, starting at fifty. The sheer

down the gavel

Fitzgerald has claimed the necklace

lower lip, she broke the skin. It felt as if a knife had

stay a moment

could shower a

hand with all her strength,

looked around anxiously, clearly wanting to say

Isadora's slender shoulders

the end, she hurried after Isadora and

didn't slow down until they'd run far from the

blocked her path. "Isadora, what happened? Why would Victor give that woman

trembling voice and

She'd thought Isadora

with another woman—what kind of man does that? You deserve so much better, Isadora. Don't

next moment, they spilled over and streaked down her cheeks. She couldn't help it; she crouched down, her shoulders shaking

okay. I just need to cry for a