Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 484

Isadora cleared her throat softly and brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “I'm... feeling much better," she murmured.

Victor didn't say a word. He reached for her other leg and gently placed it across his lap, continuing to massage her calf.

Breaking the silence in the room, Isadora asked in a low voice, "How did you come in so quickly?"

It was almost as if he'd been waiting right outside the door.

"I heard something from the living room," he replied.

She blinked. "Weren't you going to sleep in the guest room?"

Victor's hands never paused. His tone was matter-of-fact. "You never really sleep

well at night. If I'm in the living room, I can hear if you need anything."

Isadora bit her lip, a peculiar warmth and ache blossoming in her chest.

After a while, when she thought he'd done enough, she said, "Alright, that's enough. You don't have to keep going."

She started to get out of bed, but Victor gently stopped her. "Where are you going?"

"I just want some water."

here. I'll get

stood up and left the

carrying a glass of warm

drank, the quiet of the

thermos from the living room and place it by the

to get some

blanket around her, and kissed

lips touched her skin, her eyelashes

as he left, closing the door behind him with the lightest click. That tiny sound rippled through her heart like a stone dropped into still water. Had she gone too far? Was she being unfair, holding onto the past and pushing

crept

out of the bedroom to

aroma of a nourishing soup filled the

eat," Victor called, pulling out a

walked over and sat down. The soup was golden and

the kind that needed at least a

Victor barely

caught sight of faint

asked, "Any plans

to go

nodded. "Alright,

wheel and drove her

first, circled around to open the