The Divorce That Brought Us Back novel Chapter 320

They were both just using each other.

But even a transaction required a baseline of trust.

Where did that trust come from?

Was it simply because Seraphina had put Bella in her place when she falsely accused Nora of sleeping with Alistair?

There had to be more to it.

Maloney thought back carefully.

The only friction between the two women had always been him.

Take him out of the equation.

Seraphina had never bullied Nora when they were kids.

In fact, she had gone out of her way to torment Bella on multiple occasions.

A memory suddenly snapped into focus.

Years ago, at Alistair's funeral.

Seraphina had grabbed Bella by the hair, dragging her violently down the corridor and hurling her to the ground in front of the casket. She had clamped a hand on the back of Bella's neck, violently slamming her forehead into the marble tiles ten times.

Every sickening thud echoed through the silent room, and by the time she was done, Bella's forehead was a bloody mess.

The hall was filled with the shrieks of Bella and Vivian, yet not a single person stepped forward to intervene.

Seraphina was her grandfather's golden child. Whatever her twisted reasons were, Alistair's closest allies unconditionally backed her play.

Maloney had been at the funeral that day.

He had quietly inquired about what had triggered the brutal display.

Word was, she had caught Bella with her arms wrapped around Sebastian's neck, making out in the hallway just outside the memorial service.

Disgusted by the brazen disrespect, the Sinclair family immediately ordered Bella and Vivian off the premises.

They fled in absolute disgrace, completely forgetting that they had left Nora behind in the chaos.

Seraphina hadn't taken her rage out on the abandoned girl. Instead, she had arranged a car to take her home.

Maloney had volunteered for the task himself.

He remembered how a terrified, soft-spoken Nora had apologized profusely to Seraphina, before thanking him over and over again on the ride back.

He had felt she was so innocent, so pitiful.

Trapped with such a morally bankrupt, neglectful family.

But if you looked at that incident from Nora's perspective...

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