Chapter 260

"Nanette, you're here awfully early today."

Lately, Nanette had been stopping by from time to time. Usually, though, she insisted on her beauty sleep in the mornings and wouldn't show up until later in the afternoon, just in time to have dinner with Isadora.

But today, Nanette's tone was frosty as she walked in. "I came here specifically to see you. There's something we need to talk about."

Unease prickled at Rowena as she got up from her seat. "Sit down. What's so urgent that you had to find me first thing in the morning? Why do you look so serious?"

Nanette set her Chanel bag on the table with a careless flick and got straight to the point. "Did you talk to Victor yesterday? And if so, what did you say?"

tried to play dumb, keeping her voice steady. “Nanette, what are you

spot an act a mile away, and Rowena's performance was paper-thin. Seeing through

herself around you. She never imagined you might change. But I watched you yesterday. I

composure crumbled. She couldn't bring herself to meet Nanette's icy gaze; those eyes felt like

as she swallowed hard. "Isadora's my friend. I'd never do

"Greed knows no bounds, Rowena. Especially when the man you're tempted by is someone like Victor. I can see the envy in your eyes every time you look at Isadora and her boyfriend. You resent her for having someone like him, while you ended up with Abbott, who treated

without proof! Stop making things up. We're all supposed to be friends. How could

Nanette shot back, her tone heavy with disappointment. "I'm heartbroken-for myself, and

to invest in Seafarer Designs. She's given way more time and energy to this than you have. And after Abbott started threatening you, she pulled every

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