Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 303

As Victor glanced over, Isadora seized the moment.

She ignored the well-meaning hostess who tried to help dab her dress and hurried away, her steps swift and determined.

All Victor caught was the fleeting image of a woman in a white coat-slender, her loosely pinned hair tumbling in soft waves. She slipped past like a gust of wind, vanishing through the doorway.

His dark eyes shifted, lingering on the entrance for several seconds, unreadable and shadowed, reluctant to look away.

Mrs. Fitzgerald followed his gaze, peering outside, but saw nothing but an empty corridor.

"What is it?" she asked.

Victor turned back, his expression even. "Nothing," he replied quietly.

Tonight's dinner was a formal affair: a long-awaited meeting between the Fitzgerald family and Eric and Julissa, the president and first lady of LS Capital Holdings.

Yet, despite their reach, their influence had never quite penetrated the local market. That was why, twenty years ago, they'd sought an alliance through marriage with

Victor has done a remarkable job with the family business. You're truly fortunate,"

Dorian bedridden, Mrs. Fitzgerald represented

has a brilliant mind for business. In just a few years, he's multiplied the Fitzgerald Group's assets several times over-more than his grandfather ever did. No one in

and Julissa exchanged

seen her in ten years.

maternal pride. "She just graduated and has been traveling the world ever since. But it's about time she found a

finished, Julissa cast

to their reminiscing with an air of detachment. He lifted his glass, took a sip of water, and set it

conversation-low, steady, and more serious than usual. “Uncle, Aunt, I'm afraid the engagement between the Fitzgerald Group and LS

evaporated, tension creeping in as everyone

first to recover. "Victor, what

saying? This is the official meeting

clearly and firmly. "I mean, the engagement is off. It's