Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 468

Go on, keep praising her. Heap on every compliment you can.

This was exactly the effect she wanted.

She wanted her daughter to become the most dazzling debutante in Capitolion, the star of every party, the envy of every eye.

And if, by some stroke of luck, she could one day marry better than Isadora-well, that would be the dream come true.

But just then, right in the midst of this harmonious atmosphere-

A sudden, jarring voice blared from the speakers mounted along the charity gala's gilded walls, drowning out the gentle music from the grand piano.

"No way... Olivia, you actually... killed her."

The words struck like a bolt of lightning, leaving everyone in the hall stunned, mouths agape.

Another voice followed, cold and resolute: "Yes, it was me. If she hadn't died, who knows, maybe they would have traced everything back to me."

"Olivia, you're ruthless."

"Ruthless? What was I supposed to do, just let them find out I was the one who let that wretched Isadora into the warehouse and opened the freezer, hoping she'd freeze to death? That was my idea, wasn't it?"

"Too bad that woman and her unborn child survived. If she'd lost the baby, she'd be worthless to Victor, and none of this would have happened."

the hall, like some terrible

the gala was frozen in

Who could say such vile things so calmly? People began searching for the

a brief, stunned silence, realization seemed to dawn: the voice in the recording sounded just like Olivia-the Olivia

an instant, all eyes in

scenting blood. They surged

whirred, the entire charity gala now ablaze with blinding

horror as her

from her face, leaving

accusers, the righteous and

the terror in her eyes. Her

"Aah!"

flung aside her priceless cello

the

leapt to her feet, desperate

steps before the journalists swarmed in forming an impenetrable wall of microphones and questions, pressing in so close she

furious. "Get away! Get out of my way!

Someone's out to frame me! Get

scene descended

completely dumbfounded, spinning

earth