Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 354

He pulled her gently toward him and sat her down.

Victor settled next to her, picked up a spoon, and brought it to her lips.

Isadora felt a little embarrassed. "I can feed myself, really."

She reached out, intending to take the spoon from him.

But Victor moved it just out of her reach, his gaze deep and unwavering, though his tone was almost casual. "I want to feed you."

Isadora bit her lip and tried to explain again. "Victor, I'm not that fragile. Tonight was just..... a fluke. I got emotional, that's all. You don't have to worry about me now I'm fine."

Victor let out a quiet sigh, sounding a little exasperated. He spoke slowly, each word deliberate:

"Isadora, when you're with me, you can be sad, you can laugh, you can be unreasonable—it's all fine. I'm not going to push you to be strong all the time. I just want you to know, when you're hurt, you don't have to pretend around me."

As he spoke, Isadora's lashes fluttered softly.

She looked at the spoon he offered again, and finally, she opened her mouth to take a sip.

"Well?" he asked.

"It's... not bad."

Victor's lips curled into a smile. "Not bad? The cook spent hours making this, and after I got home, I spent another half hour perfecting it. Miss Vaughan, I think you're getting a little picky."

him a look. "Isn't that normal? Pregnant women are supposed to

amusement, his voice low and coaxing. "All right, my picky mother-to-be.

feeding a beloved pet, Victor continued, spoonful by spoonful, until she'd

she was done, Isadora stood up, ready to go back to her room and

up, she felt his hands settle gently on

his cheek to her stomach. "If this little rascal keeps kicking,

she

parenting books photos of expectant

pressed to the mother's belly, listening

baby's heartbeat.

Victor did it, it made her heart

since he'd arrived, even the pain in her abdomen seemed

her head.

bay windows, the night sky was a

gemstone sprinkled with

she headed back to

Victor's lazy footsteps following behind

the way. "You said the bedroom was

an amused smile playing at his lips. "My clothes are

lips but

into the

undoing his

walked,

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