Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Pearl dashed upstairs, storming into her bedroom.

Without hesitation, she began hurling everything in sight-pillows, perfume bottles, picture frames—anything within reach went crashing to the floor.

Even with the door shut, the furious clatter echoed down the hall, unmistakable to anyone nearby.

Laura stood waiting outside with the family doctor, hesitant to knock.

She'd worked for the Vaughan family for over twenty years, not just as a maid but as the housekeeper who knew every secret and every child's temperament.

Laura had watched Pearl grow up-headstrong, willful, always used to getting her way. Back when everyone believed she was the Vaughan family's real daughter, her outbursts were tolerated, even indulged.

But now, with the truth out and Pearl exposed as an imposter, nothing about her had changed. If anything, her temper had gotten worse behind closed doors.

Mr. and Mrs. Vaughan could possibly be thinking. Why keep this pretender around? Isadora was a hundred times the daughter

she'd unleashed had

because Magnus was there to back her

Magnus was Isadora's shield, her beloved, then Pearl would simply tear him away from her. She would make

as she pulled

in the hospital, and the two had hit it

message, Pearl finally felt a little

and called the doctor in to tend the angry bruises on her neck. After all, there was still a show worth

gentle strains of a waltz fill the air. The party continued, guests returning

at Isadora's stubbornness over the diamond necklace, but seeing Magnus so

mattered to her. And no matter Isadora's flaws, she

the illustrious Wainwrights. Eleanor decided to strike while

could say anything, Isadora swept Magnus away

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