The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Relying on memory, Victoria scoured the city for her mother's paintings, sparing no expense whenever she found one. Over the years, Stein had been by her side, always reaching out the moment he heard any news.

"No, there must be more out there just waiting to be found," he said.

Victoria's voice was soft but steady. "Thank you, cousin."

Back at Stein's home in Echo City, he led her into the parlor where a small memorial for his late wife stood. Stein handed her three sticks of incense.

"Go on-pay your respects to your cousin-in-law."

Victoria accepted the incense, lit them, and bowed three times, each movement deliberate and sincere. Rising, she looked at Stein.

"Are you really never going to remarry?"

almost certainly want her own child. I don't want Jimmy to lose his father

was calm, but his

Stein. His wife had died in childbirth. Any other man with his means would likely

strings and got you the approval. It's yours

the conversation, his tone that of a protective

really planning to spend your whole life working for the

rumors swirling around McNeil. No one in Starfall City seemed to know McNeil was married. Some even whispered about a childhood sweetheart he'd kept hidden for years-how they'd had a

was McNeil and Victoria's, yet the gossip never

but there had never been a wedding. The Langfords barely recognized Victoria's relatives, let alone a cousin living in a different

flickered in Victoria's dark eyes. "I'm the largest

at her, incredulous. "The Langfords agreed to that? Did McNeil have a personality

marriage and treated his wife as a stepping stone-would so generously

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