The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

The next morning, Victoria returned to the McNeil estate with a small team to pack her belongings.

Haley was also up early, having already finished her chores. She handed her remaining duties over to Xenia, the other housekeeper, and quietly followed Victoria out the door.

Watching her employer move out, Xenia sensed trouble. She wanted to call Mr. McNeil and let him know, but hesitated—she didn't want to be seen as meddling.

After a moment's thought, she reasoned that if Mrs. McNeil was really leaving, surely Mr. McNeil already knew. Otherwise, he'd be back by now, trying to stop her.

What a shame about those two-they'd always seemed like the perfect couple. And with a five-year-old child, too. Young people these days, she thought with a sigh. One minute they're together, the next it's all over, just like that.

**The Velvet Fork**

Victoria sat across from Johnny, who regarded her with a mixture of confusion and disbelief.

"Mrs. Langford, are you sure you want to redraft the divorce agreement?"

a woman filing for divorce

this, he thought, were either so capable they didn't care about a few scraps of

"I'm sure," she replied.

set her coffee down gently

already burned the contract granting her fifty percent of her father-in-law's company dividends. There was no

mattered now was reclaiming her grandfather's

in his company and those generous annual allowances were things he resented giving. So why not make a

as

client's best interests. He'd never met someone who came to a

me. If you're walking away with nothing, your husband

smiled faintly, stirring her coffee with a silver spoon. The brew was

than sorry,"

child's laughter drifted up from downstairs.

I even asked Mom to bring some back from Evermore

It was Gwyneth's voice.

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