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.

thinking. Why keep this pretender around? Isadora was a hundred times the daughter Pearl could

chaos she'd unleashed had barely

was there to back her

then Pearl would simply tear him away from her. She

she pulled out her phone and opened her chat

they shared a common enemy. Pearl had visited her in the hospital, and the two had hit it off instantly, exchanging numbers-ready to help each other when

her message, Pearl finally felt a

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

Richard told the staff to switch up the music, letting the gentle strains of a waltz fill the air. The party continued, guests returning to laughter

but seeing Magnus so protective of

wealth and status mattered to her. And no matter Isadora's flaws, she was her own

family had finally made a connection with the illustrious Wainwrights. Eleanor decided to

anything, Isadora swept Magnus away without so much as