The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 108

Everyone had gathered together again. Apart from Lyndon, who kept his distance, the whole group was buzzing with excitement.

After all, Victoria's return was something to celebrate.

Late that night, the shrill ring of the phone shattered the silence, startling Victoria awake.

It was the landline-an internal call.

She picked up quickly.

"Ma'am, please come home. Sir's running a high fever."

Xenia's voice was laced with panic.

Victoria had assumed it was something urgent, but it turned out McNeil was ill.

Unfazed, she replied, "Just give him something to bring the fever down. If he's still unwell tomorrow, call a doctor then."

Messages from friends kept streaming across her laptop screen. The lively conversation was the perfect distraction, and Victoria didn't want to leave it behind.

“But ma'am, it's serious," Xenia insisted. "He got whipped by the old man at the estate-his back's covered in blood. The doctor's already been, dressed the wounds, but when I checked on him just now, the bleeding hadn't stopped, and his fever's getting worse."

hesitated, then added, "He keeps calling your name. Ma'am, for Miss Gwyneth's sake, please come. If something happens to him, Miss

those final words tugged at Victoria's heart. Suddenly, she lost

group chat continued buzzing with messages, Victoria disappeared from the

but eventually,

wind outside cut right through to the

the commotion, Haley hurried after her, pressing a thick coat into

freezing out there. Please wear

murmured her thanks, pulled on the coat,

Xenia was waiting anxiously at the

here. Please, go

hurried upstairs. In the

the lighting, or maybe just the cold, but a

seeping through-but thankfully, the bleeding

and body, however,

forehead and quickly

soaked a towel and began sponging McNeil's skin, trying to bring his temperature down. She also brought over some fever

so high that he couldn't even

the medicine...mouth

expression freezing for a moment. Sensing her

herself, closing the door to give

remained closed, his