The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 65

Ailie happened to overhear everything as she walked by.

"What's going on with Gwyn? Do you want me to come with you?" she asked.

Victoria shook her head. "No, she's just home alone. It's nothing serious."

Without another word, Victoria hurried off, leaving Curtis standing there utterly baffled.

By the time he snapped out of it, Victoria was already gone.

Curtis still couldn't wrap his head around what he'd heard. "Victoria has a daughter? Was she adopted?"

He still clung to a shred of hope.

Ailie glanced at her boss, suddenly feeling a pang of guilt, but she couldn't bring herself to lie. "No, she's her biological daughter. She's... five."

Victoria swept out of the room, leaving only a fleeting impression of elegance behind her.

As she crossed the walkway outside, two blinding headlights swept over her, making her squint against the glare.

street, when suddenly, a young boy darted out barely six

someone lunged forward,

The tires screeched so loudly it echoed in the night, and the car smashed into the guardrail with a bone-rattling

Teague was pinned inside, so furious that even from half a block away you could see him flipping the bird

held the trembling boy tightly.

broad-shouldered man sprinted across the street. He yanked the boy into his arms.

took Max a moment to register what had happened. He saw the man's face and immediately threw his arms around his neck, wailing, "Uncle!” as

the man said to Victoria. "Could you keep an eye on Max for a

veins bulging on his forehead, he looked ready to rip Teague

street

my uncle was across the street, so I ran out. It wasn't that man's

sure?" Marcus knelt in front of Max, wanting to hear

Teague had managed to climb out of his wrecked car, thankfully unscathed, followed by his entourage

watch your kid? Do you have any idea what

glanced over at Victoria, who was shivering in her off-shoulder evening dress, her beauty so striking it made him

the beautiful women he'd met, Marcus felt

his suit jacket and draped it over Victoria's

Just as long as

she