Chapter 28

Heh...

Victoria, you're such a fool. Even now, you still fall for McNeil's sweet talk.

McNeil himself opened the car door for her. He took her hand, looking into her eyes with sincerity. "Tonight, I'll bring Gwyn home for dinner."

Victoria pulled her hand free and reached for her suitcase.

"Driver, let's go."

At McNeil's command, the car started up. Out of the corner of her eye, Victoria saw him pull out his phone and make a call. Whoever he was calling, she no longer cared.

When Haley saw Victoria, she was so overjoyed she nearly burst into tears.

"Ma'am, you're home!"

Haley wasn't a Langford family employee. She was the old housekeeper Victoria had brought with her from the Turner family estate, the woman who had watched Victoria grow up from childhood.

After Victoria married McNeil, Haley had naturally switched to calling her "ma'am." "Yes, I'm back."

to the master bedroom she shared with

the nightstand lay a share transfer agreement she'd secretly signed with the old man

came home? The document hadn't budged from

picked it up, and on her way back downstairs, she tossed the agreement straight into

the sofa, Victoria spent

at the Langford Group six years ago, there

financial prodigy, she'd poured all her intellect and skill into supporting McNeil. Now, six years later, she found it laughable that she couldn't point to a single noteworthy accomplishment of

minutes before finally sending her

applying for

that, she closed her laptop and began

if you're free tomorrow, let's

she

Miller has been looking at engagement rings lately-he

took the file and began flipping

list of Simms Miller's "close friends"-the women he'd been

girlfriends frequently, but Victoria's private investigator had still

how many women Simms dated, there was

City, but in

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