Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 317

Brocade Heights.

The doorbell rang, sharp and insistent, slicing through the quiet.

Isadora assumed it was Victor again, refusing to take the hint. She strode to the door and swung it open, not even bothering to check who was there. "Why are you still here?!"

Nanette blinked in surprise, glancing up and down the hallway before asking, "Who's still here?"

Isadora realized her mistake as soon as she saw Nanette's face. "Sorry, wrong person."

Nanette stepped inside, slipped off her shoes, and flopped lazily onto the living room couch. "Where'd you two go this afternoon?"

Isadora was in the kitchen, filling two glasses with cold water. She handed one to Nanette before answering, "By the riverside."

Nanette couldn't help but grin at that. Everyone knew the riverside in Capitolion was where couples went for romantic strolls-or, as the tabloids loved to report, for far more heated rendezvous.

"How romantic," Nanette teased.

just shrugged, not bothering to explain that romance had been the last thing on her mind. They hadn't

to step up

enough to keep the baby, but the idea of marrying her

realization made her expression turn colder. "Nanette, I made up my mind on the operating table.

then she nodded, not really shocked. If anyone could do it, it was

Mr. Fitzgerald will just let it

was exactly what had been weighing on Isadora all night. She hadn't expected Victor to show up at the hospital today and throw

the couch, one hand unconsciously cradling her stomach. Despite the exhaustion in her eyes, her voice was steady,

knew—and knowing the Fitzgerald family, with all their wealth and pride-there was no way

up your mind, then stick with it. You have my support. I'll be the godmother, and between the two of us,

softened the whirlwind in Isadora's heart. She leaned her head on Nanette's shoulder. "If only you were

think, Nanette? Maybe