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

agreement she'd secretly

since McNeil last came home? The document hadn't budged from its spot-no sign anyone had touched

the agreement straight into the fireplace, watching as

Victoria spent half an hour

years as McNeil's assistant at the Langford Group six years ago,

six years later, she found it laughable that she couldn't point

at her computer for five full minutes before finally sending her application off to

for assistant manager

that, she closed her laptop and began

you're free tomorrow, let's meet

as she finished,

all the information you requested. Mr. Miller has been looking at engagement rings lately-he even

took the file and began flipping through it,

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

private investigator had still managed to track

there was always one

in Starfall City, but in a town

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