Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

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.

and Mrs. Vaughan could possibly be thinking. Why keep this pretender around? Isadora

Pearl finally stopped. The chaos she'd unleashed had barely eased the sting

tonight, all because Magnus was there to back her up—and their parents, of course,

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

a cruel smile as she pulled out her phone and

shared a common enemy. Pearl had visited her in the hospital, and the two had hit it

message, Pearl finally felt a little

the doctor in to tend the angry bruises on her neck.

down, Richard told the staff to switch up the music, letting the gentle strains of a

but seeing Magnus

Mrs. Vaughan for decades; the family's wealth and status mattered to her. And no matter Isadora's

tied to Magnus, it meant the Vaughan family had finally made a connection with the illustrious

before she could say anything, Isadora swept Magnus