The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 115

Ailie shot him a look and muttered, "Mr. Garcia, you shouldn't get too comfortable either. Not that he'd ever be interested in you, anyway."

Curtis, caught in the crossfire for no reason, twitched his lips. He looked like he wanted to say something but thought better of it—nothing he could say would be right.

With that, Ailie grabbed Victoria and strode off.

Violet didn't even bother to trade barbs with Ailie-she was far too tired for that.

Victoria, meanwhile, wore a half-amused, half-exasperated smile. Just then, Yasmine pulled up in front of them, having spotted Ailie and Violet coming out. Ailie grumbled the whole ride, venting her frustrations, while Victoria just listened quietly, secretly relishing the sense of relief she couldn't quite explain.

Once Victoria got home, she showered, crawled into bed, and was about to drift off when Ailie called again-still needing to vent.

But when it came to Violet-or even McNeil-Victoria felt nothing anymore. No anger, no pain, not even a flicker of emotion.

Once your heart goes numb, you stop hurting over the people you once loved.

These days, Victoria poured all her energy into work. Even her beloved daughter had started to feel like a distant part of her life.

Ailie brought good news: the single- player

birthday was only two days away; the timing

She

an online test, though; there

team, asked them to patch up the glitches, and then

caught sight of Victoria. Her eyes narrowed with a flicker

the department head greeted

a polite nod and said coolly, "How's

for online testing in a week, and after that we'll launch the app in the store-no problem at all," he

brow. "Let

he was skeptical-Ms. Marchand was the Investment

the computer with total confidence. The programming language was straightforward, and she clearly knew what she was doing. She'd even competed in several national coding competitions and won

and she played a few rounds-finding it both challenging and genuinely fun. It was more engaging than most racing

you credited the game's developer

the project in, and Victoria just reviewed it and asked us to prep it for launch," the department

out a few weaknesses in

whole team stared in awe. Apparently, Ms. Marchand's reputation was well- earned: she wasn't just a financial whiz-she could code with the