Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

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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 sscrutiny 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 marryjust because of the baby," she said quietly. "I told you before-I can handle this on my own. You don't oweanything. 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.

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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 makedecide to get married. Did you ever consider I might just want to-because I care about you?" Isadora dropped her gaze. "You once said you liked my body. I remember." Victor winced inwardly.

Why had he ever said something so thoughtless? Now, of course, she'd never let him forget it.

He reached out, his long fingers gently brushing her hair, his tone resigned. "Lettake that back, then." He leaned in, his breath warm against her ear, and said, with careful precision, "It's you I like. Only you. Nothing else matters." Isadora froze, every muscle tense.

"Isadora!" ca voice from the house.

She turned, catching a glimpse of Eleanor stepping out onto the porch.

Isadora quickly pulled off her jacket and handed it to Victor. "I have to go." "That's it?" he asked, incredulous.

"My mom's calling me." Victor glanced toward the house, annoyed.

She had to show up now-of all times-right when he'd finally managed to confess.

He fixed his eyes on Isadora, lowering his voice. "At least letout of the doghouse before you go." Isadora kept glancing nervously toward the porch. She definitely didn't want Eleanor catching them together. "You're resourceful enough," she replied. "You managed to findtonight even without my number." "It's not the same," Victor shot back.

He couldn't keep relying on Kemp to pass messages. It was ridiculous.

Eleanor was moving closer, out into the garden.

Isadora grew more anxious, slipping her hand from Victor's grasp.

"Victor, whatever your reasons, it doesn't matter," she said, her voice firm. "What matters is I don't want to get tangled up in the Fitzgerald family any longer." With that, she turned and hurried back toward the house.

Victor watched her retreat, her figure soon swallowed by the darkness.

He pulled out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and stood there as the smoke curled around him-his features hidden in the gloom, only briefly illuminated by the flicker of his lighter.

After a while, he flicked the cigarette to the ground, crushing it beneath his shoe until only a smudge of ash and ember remained.

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He took out his phone.

"Cout," he said when the call was answered. "Let's have a drink." * Isadora hurried inside.

Eleanor's gaze drifted past her, lingering a little too long "Out forla walk this late at night?" she asked, n.

voice casual but eyes sharp. Isadora shifted, a bit awkward. "The moon's nice tonight. I just needed a little air."

Eleanor let it go. "I just got off the phone with your aunt. With us m moving in a couple of months, I asked her to start looking for a place for us." She noticed Isadora had gone quiet, lost in thought.

"Isadora, what's wrong?" Eleanor asked gently.

Pulling her shawl more tightly around her, Isadora looked up at her mother.

"Mom, if a man wants to marry a En":" woman while she's pregnant... do you think it's bel.net' he loves her, or just because of the baby?"

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