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.

the next day, Ailie brought good news: the single-

days

down to the development team and took the game for a spin. She

needed to run an online test, though; there were

with the tech team, asked them

sight of Victoria. Her eyes narrowed with a flicker of

the department head greeted

and said coolly,

ready for online testing in a week, and after that

brow. "Let me

he was skeptical-Ms. Marchand was the Investment Department manager.

computer with total confidence. The programming language was straightforward, and

challenging and genuinely fun. It

game's developer yet?"

brought the project in, and Victoria just reviewed it and asked

nodded and pointed out a few weaknesses in the

earned: she wasn't just