The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 74

"Of course-"

Lately, Curtis had seemed off at their get-togethers-distracted, distant, hardly trying to hide his disinterest.

While McNeil, Isaac, and Marcus were off playing pool, Violet spoke up, her tone casual but her words pointed.

"Actually, Victoria's marriage is a mess. From what I've heard, her husband's seeing someone else."

Curtis, despite his feelings for Victoria, had never been one for gossip. Still, if Violet wanted to talk, he'd listen.

"He doesn't care about her," Violet continued. "And honestly, he and that other woman? They've known each other since they were kids, high school sweethearts. Victoria was the one who came between them. And from what I've heard, the other woman's got everything going for her-she's sharp, ambitious, way out of Victoria's league."

Curtis bristled at the criticism. He didn't like hearing people badmouth Victoria. The truth was, all of them had grown up with Violet; she was practically family.

But even so, Violet's words didn't sit right with him.

"Victoria's... great," Curtis said quietly.

In his eyes, nobody compared to Victoria.

the object of all their affections,

were younger, Violet had been their collective crush-the unattainable girl every guy dreamed about. It wasn't just McNeil; Curtis and the others had all harbored those

really-had let those

Victoria that he realized how naïve he'd been. That

at Curtis, her gaze lingering. She felt a pang she

name.

to be so protective of her. "Even so," Violet said, "Victoria and her husband are

stared at her,

Marcus, and Isaac came

Violet, while across the room, Gwyneth and Max were still hunched over

shouted, startling the adults at the

the other hand, looked fed

At first, Gwyneth had enjoyed winning, but the novelty had worn off. She just

to give up;

the tablet aside and

game. You must be cheating or something-there's no way a girl

shot Max a look. Normally, the boy was

Gwyneth, meanwhile, looked smug.