Chapter 127

Curtis had never imagined he'd run into them at a restaurant. The encounter was so awkward that he didn't know whether to say hello or pretend not to notice, but ignoring them wasn't an option.

"Mr. Garcia? Ms. Ailie?"

Violet spotted them first, her beautiful face graced with a polite smile, her demeanor poised and serene.

Her eyes landed on Victoria, and she nodded in acknowledgement. "Ms. Turner, you're here too."

McNeil's expression remained blank; he didn't even spare Victoria a glance.

"Are you here for dinner? Why don't we join tables?" Curtis offered, though it sounded more out of politeness than genuine enthusiasm.

He added, "I'm not sure Ms. Turner would be comfortable with that."

Violet looked at Victoria, her words carrying an undercurrent of meaning.

Victoria smiled lightly. "There's nothing uncomfortable about it. We're all colleagues here, after all."

"Glad to hear it." Violet's arm remained looped through McNeil's, and she looked entirely unbothered by the situation.

clenched her jaw so tightly her teeth nearly ground together.

we need to use the restroom. Victoria, come

seeing that woman made Ailie's blood

corner out of sight. "What is wrong with you? Your husband and that

the legitimate wife-she and McNeil had a marriage certificate, and Thorpe was

friend. "There's no point. Right now, McNeil and Violet aren't breaking any laws. The

frowned in confusion, not quite grasping what

come to terms with everything between herself and McNeil. "We signed the divorce papers. It's

table, Violet sat confidently across from

ordered some dishes for us," Violet said, "but I wasn't sure what you and Ms. Turner might like,

you picked probably isn't to our taste

off before she could say something inappropriate. "So, McNeil, have

his eyes barely pausing. "No,

Suddenly, a strange suspicion crept over him; after all, it

company, and she was clearly protective of

toward McNeil seemed a little too intense. Unless she'd had something going on with him herself... But

from him, beautiful even without makeup, impossible to ignore. A faint realization struck

be Victoria who had a past

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