The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 83

Chapter 83

"We're family—there's no need for thanks."

Stein sat down beside her, his presence reassuring.

"I bought this place, you know. It's yours whenever you need it.”

Victoria's eyes shimmered with tears.

"Stein-" she whispered.

He reached out, ruffling her hair with gentle affection, the way you'd comfort a child.

After a moment of silence, he made up his mind to tell her the truth.

"When you were taken, McNeil showed up. He wanted to take you away, but I wouldn't let him."

The tears faded from Victoria's eyes, replaced by a cold, distant look.

Stein sighed inwardly. Matters of the heart were never simple.

He still remembered the way Victoria had once been determined-almost desperate to marry McNeil, no matter what anyone said. And over the years, everyone close to the family knew just how much she'd endured.

It didn't help that McNeil's name was constantly tangled up in tabloid rumors with other women. The gossip columns made sure there was no ignoring it.

"I'm not going back to the Langford family," Victoria said quietly.

She couldn't forget how, after Violet's return, McNeil had grown cold, indifferent- how he'd blamed her for things she never did, for no reason at all.

many years, but she was

decide, you have

side. That

least she wasn't

able to move her hand a little, Victoria reached

phone, she nearly

you been all this time? I was about to put out a missing person's report! I almost called McNeil to see if

had been terrified that something

want her to worry, so she

had to travel for something personal.

hesitated, biting her lip. "If Mr. Garcia is

he

out a tearful laugh.

never fire

been like a

soon as you're back, call me. I'll come pick

"Alright."

chatted with Ailie a little longer,

wandered to a few

since that car accident. She

her phone to call Marcus, it buzzed with a call

were several missed calls from her daughter; it had been a

really talked.

calling so

was

Gwyneth's voice

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