The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 27

Chapter 27

Before boarding, Victoria sent a text to Stein, letting him know she was heading back. She didn't explain why-just said she had something to take care of.

McNeil sat beside her, thoughtfully draping a blanket over her shoulders.

"Get some sleep. We've got a long flight ahead," he murmured.

Victoria replied with a quiet "Mm," nestling into her seat.

As Victoria drifted off, McNeil pulled out his phone and turned it on. Instantly, a message from Violet popped up on the screen.

Reading that something had happened to Gwyneth made McNeil's heart leap into his throat.

With Victoria right next to him, he couldn't very well reply to Violet openly. He waited until she was fully settled, then, when she wasn't looking, typed a quick

response:

"What happened?"

Violet had been up all night, staring at her phone, waiting for any word from him. It wasn't until half past eight the next morning that McNeil's message finally arrived. The moment she saw it, tears spilled onto her screen.

She wanted to call him, but thought better of it. Instead, she replied with another text:

craving, wanted to eat something nice with us, and even asked if we could go to the amusement park. But I'm

saw that it wasn't an emergency, and didn't reply. After a long

"Is Victoria with you?"

bundled up under the blanket, fast

fact, that it was still dark when the

a few taps of his slender fingers, McNeil responded:

message you again. We'll wait for you at

bother to

some point during the flight, he got up to use the restroom.

screen was still lit up. They say

something she'd read online: No woman ever comes away smiling after

ever happened with Violet, vowing that once her health stabilized, he'd cut Violet out of his

know if

message flashed on his

for it. To her surprise, it wasn't

hands, she tapped open

screen-a pendant, one that looked just like her mother's. But on closer inspection, she realized it was

the image minimized, a new line of

you for the gift. I

I can't believe you remembered what

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