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!"

anyone could react, Rowena lashed

guard, Nanette gasped, pain shooting through her back, and

opening, Rowena twisted free and slammed Nanette to

strode over and delivered

head cracking against

forehead as

that Nanette had vented enough, Finley pulled out

same time, Nanette snatched a fruit knife from the

throat, slicing through the tension

horror as her daughter's blood spattered the Her

collapsing where she

stood.

to his ear, Finley heard Victor's low, steady

what do you want to do with

dark and unreadable as he looked

knew they'd

gone with them,

wanted to take revenge herself for Pudding's sake-but everyone insisted she stay

the bedsheet,

knew exactly what Rowena feared