Never Again Yours (Isadora and Magnus)

Chapter 500

Nanette's words had barely left her lips when she swung her hand and slapped Rowena hard across the face.

The sharp crack echoed through the room.

A vivid red mark bloomed instantly on Rowena's cheek.

Rowena's mother, Keeley, looked as if she'd been struck by lightning; she swayed on her feet, unable to believe what she was hearing her own daughter, involved in something so shameful.

Tears streaming, Keeley cried out, "Sherin, tell them it's not true-tell them!"

Then she turned on Rowena, voice shaking with fury. "How could I have raised a daughter like you? You're no better than an animal!"

Rowena glared back at them all, her eyes wild and desperate. "You drove me to this! I had nowhere else to go. I begged Isadora at the hospital not to pull out the funding, but she wouldn't forgive me. She wouldn't even listen!"

Nanette, seeing Rowena's defiance, grabbed her by the collar with one hand and began raining slaps down on her face with the other-relentless, thunderous.

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!

Rowena's lips split, blood beading at the corners of her mouth. Her whole face swelled, flushed and battered, but the look in her eyes only grew colder, more

venomous.

"You're nothing but Isadora's lapdog, Nanette. God, I wish I'd taken you down with me!"

Rowena lashed

off guard, Nanette gasped, pain shooting through

Rowena twisted free and slammed Nanette

strode over and

table, her head cracking against

screamed, clutching her forehead as pain

Finley

knife from the table, stormed

scream tore from Rowena's throat, slicing through the tension in

watched in horror as her daughter's blood spattered

collapsing where she

stood.

the phone pressed to his ear, Finley heard Victor's low, steady voice.

nerves tightening. "Uh... Victor, what do you want to do with

bedside, his gaze dark and unreadable as

knew

gone with them, promising she'd make

wanted to take revenge herself for Pudding's

cup on the bedsheet, fingernails digging

knew exactly what