Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 334

After she hung up, Isadora found herself drifting back to the previous night— waiting for Victor until, without realizing it, she'd dozed off.

Sunlight flooded the suite, painting the still-fresh flowers in vivid color. She hesitated, then finally dialed a number she hadn't called in ages.

Ring... ring...

After a few moments, the call connected.

Isadora gripped her phone tightly. "Vi-Victor, are you okay?"

There was a pause on the other end-several seconds of cold, heavy silence.

Then came a sharp, withered voice. "Isadora."

It was Deanna.

Isadora bit her lip, suddenly at a loss for words.

Deanna was half-reclined in a hospital bed, eyes rimmed red, her white hair in disarray. She'd collapsed the night before and had been rushed to the hospital. Victor had been running himself ragged taking care of her, barely leaving her side except for a brief moment when the hospital director needed to speak with him. He'd left his phone behind, and when it started ringing, Deanna noticed Isadora's name on the screen. Her eyes turned razor-sharp. She answered.

Deanna's nerves were already frayed. Isadora's call was the

do you remember what you

thirty percent of the Vaughan family shares from me! You swore you'd stay away from my

now you're trying to use a pregnancy to claw your way into our family, is that

to be safe, you'd better stay as far away from Victor as

the intensity of her outburst. She sat for a

she'd memorized long ago, and quietly deleted Isadora's call from Victor's phone. She was just about to set the phone back on the table, hoping

she looked up, she froze. Victor was standing in the doorway-tall, imposing, one hand in his pocket. The color drained

darling... When did you get

unreadable. He stepped inside, calmly picked up his phone from the table, and turned

"What did you delete?"

nervously. "Oh, I... I just noticed your phone

scrolling quickly. He didn't see anything out of the

piercing stare, Deanna fidgeted, pressing a trembling hand to her chest. "I'm not

listening at the door, immediately called for a

nurse.

the medical

equipment. Victor stepped