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:

serious. She just got a craving, wanted to eat something nice with us, and even asked if we could go to the amusement park. But I'm not well enough to take her... Poor thing,

glanced at the message, saw that it wasn't an emergency, and didn't reply. After a long silence, Violet

"Is Victoria with you?"

turned his head slightly. Sure enough, Victoria was bundled up under the

flight-so early, in fact, that it was still dark when the car dropped

his slender fingers, McNeil responded:

I won't message you again. We'll wait for you at home-just come

didn't bother to

the flight, he got up to use the

up. They say curiosity killed the

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

her close, whispering sweet nothings for hours- swearing nothing had ever happened with

know if she could-or

message flashed on his

but finally reached for it. To her surprise, it

she tapped open

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

image minimized, a new line of text

I never imagined this necklace would

believe you remembered what I

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