Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Eleanor was still muttering angrily under her breath.

Snapping out of her thoughts, Isadora cut her off, her tone edged with impatience and a chill that hadn't been there before.

"You're right—I'm not your real daughter, Pearl is! Happy now?"

Eleanor's face twisted with embarrassment and anger.

"Isadora, what kind of attitude is that? People say raising a child means more than giving birth, and clearly it's true. Pearl is a hundred times more considerate than you-she would never speak to me with such disrespect!"

Isadora's eyes grew red, her voice trembling slightly. "Then why do you bother with me at all? Maybe we should just cut ties again and be done with it!"

"Isadora! Are you trying to send me to an early grave?"

Eleanor sucked in a deep breath, nearly choking on her own frustration.

Every time Pearl's name came up, Isadora bristled like a hedgehog.

was innocent in all this. She owed Isadora nothing. If anyone was to blame,

was already behind

forced herself to calm down, her

of the Vaughan Group. Our family's hosting a banquet-you and Magnus

already knew about the

welcomed back into the Vaughan family, Eleanor had kept her at arm's length, obviously resenting the twenty years Isadora spent being

a powerful family

hesitate. "Magnus and

shot up an octave. "What? You broke up? Did I hear that right, or have you lost your mind? Isadora, stop

this family, you need to think about our interests. Besides, Magnus is the

owned a chain of massive shopping malls across

the fold-and thanks to her relationship with Magnus- the family's holdings had grown from ten

calm, almost eerily so. "He's already married Elise. Am I supposed to be so pathetic and shameless as to go chasing after him

had heard about

not holding onto Magnus tightly enough, for letting another woman slide

and blood-why couldn't Isadora be

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