Chapter 715
Kiera refused to look at her. “Isabella, there are things I’m leaving unsaid to preserve whatever shred of dignity you have left p>
“I practically raised Anna. I know exactly how she operates. If it weren’t for your deliberate, insidious manipulation, Anna never would have hatched a plot to murder someone p>
Yes, Anna was wildly arrogant and spoiled. But even if she despised Serena, the worst she would normally resort to were petty squabbles. Kiera had lived a long time. She could easily read between the lines and see the venom hidden in Isabella’s every word on that security tape.
Isabella’s face turned a sickening shade of gray. She opened her mouth, but not a single excuse made it past her lips.
It was over… She knew she was completely finished.
After losing the Lancaster family’s favor, she had now lost the last remaining people who genuinely cared for her.
Douglas walked back into the room just in time. Holden snapped impatiently, “Take her away, too! Lock her up! Put them in separate rooms. Let them both rot in isolation until they’ve learned their lesson p>
Isabella knew the battle was lost. No amount of pleading would ever convince them to trust her again.
Defeated and numb, she stumbled as Douglas grabbed her arm and roughly shoved her into the back of a waiting car, right next to Anna.
The doors slammed shut. Douglas didn’t get in; instead, he instructed his men to drive them straight to the Vinton family’s heavily guarded estate.
Isabella stared at Anna, who was curled up on the backseat, still sobbing uncontrollably. Trembling, she leaned closer and whispered through her tears, “Anna, what do we do… what are we going to do p>
Anna’s head snapped up. Her makeup was a ruined, smeared mess, and her bloodshot, tear-filled eyes locked onto Isabella with lethal intensity.
Isabella flinched at the sheer hatred in that gaze, every word choking in her throat.
Like a rabid animal, Anna lunged across the seat, swinging a brutal slap across Isabella’s face. “It’s all your fault! Everything is your fault! If you hadn’t manipulated me into taking her to see Augus, I never would have been forced into taking those photos! I never would have been banished p>
“When my dad finds out, he’s going to kill me! This is on you! You ruined my life p>
“If you wanted to destroy that bitch so badly, you should have done it yourself! Why did you have to use me?! Why p>
*Smack! Smack p>
Anna delivered blow after blow, leaving Isabella’s cheeks burning with fiery agony. Isabella desperately threw her arms up to sheld herself. “Anna, calm down! It’s a misunderstanding! I sweard had no idea things would escalate like this p>
“Shut the hell up! I will never trust another word that comes out of your mouth!” Anna spent half her life
partying and acting out; she wasnet
significantly stronger than the delicate, shelfered Isabella. Isabella couldn’t defend herself, and her face quickly swelled from the onslaught.
“Anna, please, you need to calm down!” Isabella cried out, the pain making her slur her words. “I’m a too! We’re in this mess
victing t
because of Serena! She’s the one
who did this to us
Anna froze for a split second. She looked down at Isabella, who was pinned against
the seat with swollen cheeks and a tangled rat’s nest of hair.
She shoved her away violently. “Get the hell away from me! I’m done listening to your poison! When my dad gets here, I’m going to tell him that every single bit of this was your idea p>
Meanwhile, back in the VIP suite, Holden and Kiera had finally calmed down under Serena’s soothing care.
As they finished their bowls of medicinal soup, their gaze shifted toward the tall, elegant man standing quietly behind Serena.
He possessed a commanding posture and an air of aristocratic grace. Even standing in total silence, the natural, dominant aura rolling off him was impossible to ignore.
“Are you Nicholas?” Holden appraised him from head to toe. “The heir of the Blackwood family from Vaelion City p>
Nicholas stepped forward, offering a flawless, respectful bow. “Yes, I am. It is an absolute honor to finally meet you both. I’m Nicholas Blackwood p>