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.

all their affections, seemed

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

of them-brothers, really-had let those feelings go, treating her like

meeting Violet was what love felt like. It wasn't until he first laid eyes on Victoria that

at Curtis, her gaze lingering. She

name.

of her. "Even so," Violet said,

stared at her,

McNeil, Marcus, and Isaac came back from the

bottle of water for Violet, while across the room, Gwyneth and Max were still

shouted, startling the adults at the

other

rounds already, and Max had lost every single time. At first, Gwyneth had enjoyed winning, but the novelty

to give up; he wanted another

announced, shoving the tablet aside and scrambling

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

boy was pretty

Gwyneth, meanwhile, looked smug.