Chapter 298

There was a loud thud.

Isadora tossed the entire cardboard box-contents and all-straight into the trash bin by the door.

The sound made Victor's gaze darken, his expression turning stormy.

A moment later, Isadora appeared in the doorway again.

She slipped off the sapphire bracelet she'd been wearing.

"I think it's time I gave this back to you," she said.

Isadora held out the bracelet.

Victor didn't take it.

She set it down on the table instead.

bracelet. The sapphire still caught the light, sparkling coldly, but sitting alone on the

had been angry with him-she'd still worn the bracelet, stubbornly refusing to

was serious

to applaud her for

jaw was set, his lips curling into a mocking smile. "Isadora, I suppose after so many relationships, you're a

at her history with Magnus-their

along when you've already got a fiancée, Mr.

moment, the weight of everything they'd shared pressed in on them. Maybe they hadn't been in love, but those moments of warmth and happiness weren't so easy to erase. All they could do now was

him, made some kind of deal involving Deanna. He didn't care about that-if she'd only asked, he would have handed her The Vaughan Group, or anything else she

that she'd

his life, but he had to admit he was damned

thought soured his mood even

coldly. "All this

knew that denying it now-telling him she had nothing with Magnus, that she didn't love him-wouldn't change

tightened. She bit her lip and forced a steady voice. "If there's nothing else, I'll leave

had been napping in the other room, but now he woke up, catching the familiar scent. Instantly, he bounded out, barking at Isadora as she

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