Faustina scowled, her voice sharp with anger. “Who the hell are you? How I deal with this woman is none of your business!”
Genevieve quickly tugged at her mother’s sleeve, trying to get her to keep quiet.
“Mom, that’s Mr. Fitzgerald you’re talking to.”
Victor’s gaze was icy, his presence commanding and intimidating without a word. “You think you can lay a hand on my woman without running it by me first?”
Faustina and Genevieve stared at him in disbelief.
Faustina blurted out, “What?!”
“Isadora is Mr. Fitzgerald’s girlfriend?”
Victor shot her a cold, dismissive look, the corner of his mouth curling up in a humorless smirk. “Who else’s would she be? Yours?”
Without waiting for a reply, Victor ignored Faustina and her daughter completely. He strode over to Isadora, his eyes meeting hers with a dark intensity as he offered her his hand.
Isadora looked at the strong, clean hand in front of her, her lashes fluttering.
After a moment’s hesitation, she placed her hand in his and rose to her feet.
Victor led her out of the room without another word.
Faustina watched them leave, biting her lip in frustration. “No wonder she wants to break up with my son—she’s got her hooks into the prince himself! I told your brother she was trouble, but did he listen? Of course not…”
Genevieve glanced around at the people passing through the hospital corridor, her cheeks burning with embarrassment. She stomped her foot. “Mom, Magnus is still in surgery. Can you please just keep your voice down and stop it already?”
Faustina jabbed a finger hard into Genevieve’s forehead. “Stop it, stop it, that’s all you say! Your brother risked his life for that Isadora, and what does she do? Runs off with another man right in front of us!”
Meanwhile, Victor led Isadora to a private VIP room. He turned to the waiting female doctor and said, “Take a look at her.”
Isadora folded her arms protectively, shaking her head and speaking so quietly it was barely a whisper. “I’m fine. There’s nothing wrong with me.”
“Do you want me to check for you?”
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The readers' comments on the novel: Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)
It takes too long to get to the point. Too much unnecessary in between in all of these books. Too many extra characters, the authors lose the plot after a while....