Chapter 297

Isadora couldn't help but raise her voice in protest.

"Mr. Fitzgerald, you're the one who bought all this stuff!"

Victor let out a low, dismissive chuckle. "It was pretty expensive. Make sure you leave me the bill."

"Victor!" Isadora called his name, exasperation slipping into her tone.

She stood up, jaw clenched.

"Fine. I'll go pack it up myself, and we'll settle up later."

She hung up.

Isadora pulled off her pajamas and changed into a plain white tee and a pair of jeans, tossing a mid-length brown coat over her shoulders a look that was crisp and no-nonsense.

She hailed a cab and headed straight for Summit Crest Estates.

Half an hour later,

She stepped out of the taxi and took the elevator up to the 66th floor.

The elevator chimed softly as the doors slid open.

Isadora walked out slowly.

Every chandelier in the living room blazed with warm, golden light.

Beyond the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, the city's neon lights shimmered

reflections dancing across

empty. The penthouse

stood at the entrance,

the sound of heavy

Step by step-

tall, broad-shouldered man emerge from one of the rooms, moving with a casual, unconcerned

was still dressed exactly as he'd been at The Fitzgerald Group

Italian black shirt and suit

the setting

the sharp severity he'd worn all day had faded. In its place, there was something darker-something

straight

shelf, uncorked it, and poured himself a generous

alluring in the

the silence, she

to collect

lips. "What, do you

bit back a

"Right. Sorry to intrude."

that, she

was exactly as she'd left it weeks ago-nothing

cold penthouse, once devoid of any sign of life, still bore

realized, until now, that she'd actually lived here with Victor

off the thought, Isadora headed to the storage room and

bedroom, tossing in anything she'd ever used-whether valuable or

her from where he stood, expression unreadable, eyes trailing over the slim line of her

showing not a

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