Chapter 343

Isadora hadn't told Victor yet.

Tonight, she'd already promised Eleanor: once The Vaughan Group found a successor and they wrapped up the last details, the two of them would move abroad for good.

She wasn't afraid of neighborhood gossip or whispers behind her back.

But she didn't want her child to inherit that same scrutiny the moment they were born.

So when Victor brought up marriage, it would've been a lie to say she felt nothing at all.

Isadora lifted her gaze and met his eyes. "Victor, you don't need to marry me just because of the baby," she said quietly. "I told you before-I can handle this on my own. You don't owe me anything. This is my decision."

Victor's brows drew together. "Who told you I'm doing this for the baby?"

Did she really think he'd only marry her because of the child?

As if a baby alone could tie him down.

What a joke.

Victor had never cared much for the idea of children.

The only reason this mattered was because it was Isadora's child.

He stared at her, his dark eyes unblinking, her features so delicate—and now, tinged with distance.

"Isadora," he said, his voice low, "a baby isn't enough to make me decide to get married. Did you ever consider I might just want to-because I care about you?"

said you liked

Victor winced inwardly.

he ever said something so

never let him

hair, his

warm against her ear, and said, with careful precision, "It's you I like. Only you.

froze, every muscle

came a voice

turned, catching a glimpse of Eleanor stepping out onto

her jacket and handed it to

he

"My mom's calling me."

toward the

show up now-of all times-right when he'd

Isadora, lowering his voice. "At least let

glancing nervously toward the porch. She definitely didn't want Eleanor catching them

"You managed to find me tonight even without my

the same," Victor

couldn't keep relying on Kemp to pass

was moving closer, out into the

more anxious, slipping her hand from

she said, her voice firm. “What matters is I don't want to get tangled up in the Fitzgerald

turned and hurried back toward

her figure soon

stood there as the smoke curled around him-his features hidden in the gloom, only briefly illuminated by the flicker

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