Never yours again

handsome face-deep-set eyes, a strong nose, fea

ose cold, distant gaze sent a c

ifting in a way that gave him a subtle, mischievous allure whenever he smi

Victor, I- I didn't mean for this to happen. I was drugged. That's the only

the powerful Fitzgerald family of Capitolio

baffled by t

his gaze lingering on the

shoulders, making her delicate face seem eve

kin marked by the unmistakable

d almost teasing as he picked up on her wo

barely a whisper. "Maybe

h amusement. "Do you really thi

re Capitolion's wealthiest family, owners of a fortune that stretched into

ss. "Then...maybe you

eeping with anyone. What

f Victor hadn't been the Fitzgerald h

ime, gone ju

city's most eligible bachelor-and she'

ked at it, she was the

oking under her delicate chin

eyes locked in the

ora, I just spent the night making sure you were sati

ent blank, her th

ce of the drug, she'd surrende

s painfully, mor

uldn't

dwell on it. He gripped her sl

rs, hunger and heat burning

vealing the elegant line of her

ips, planting soft, lingering kisses before finally cap

ainst her ear, sending shive

r voice breathy and unfamiliar-noth

of whiskey on Victor's lips and the clean, masc

ughts drifted to Ma

king a chocolate cake from scratch, pl

daring little black dres

ays, Elise h

ys, Magnus ha

dress she'd picked out now nothing more than a cruel joke-event

e, a sharp pang of regret for

gently on her earlobe, pull

self above her, eyes dark an

ut they snapped he

nd her mind had wandered to Mag

enough for Miss Vaughan," Victor

plenty of stories about Victor Fitzgerald's ruth

out, "I... di

d with a devil-may-ca

ickly, Victor flipped her over, gat

w and dangerous with a hint of comm