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."

headed upstairs and returned to the master bedroom she

agreement she'd secretly signed with the

home? The document hadn't budged from its spot-no

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

sofa, Victoria spent half an hour drafting

experience, aside from her two years as McNeil's assistant at the Langford Group six years ago, there was little

skill into supporting McNeil. Now, six years later, she found it laughable that she couldn't point to

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

was applying for assistant manager

she closed her laptop and began making

you're free

as she

Langford, here's all the information you requested. Mr. Miller has been looking at engagement rings

file and began flipping through it,

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

investigator had still managed to track

many women Simms dated, there was always one constant-a

even live in Starfall City, but in

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