The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 138

Chapter 138

**The Langford Group**

McNeil sat behind his desk, phone pressed tightly to his ear, his expression unreadable. Outside, his secretary and assistant hovered anxiously, neither daring to step inside. For more than two hours, the old man on the other end of the line had been berating McNeil relentlessly, his tirade showing no sign of ending.

McNeil barely moved, not daring to let the phone stray from his ear for even a second.

As soon as Curtis finished handling the crisis at Quantum Core Technologies, he hurried to McNeil's office.

"Grandfather, I have something urgent to deal with. If you're not done yelling at me, you'll have to wait till I get back to the manor-I'll listen to every word," Curtis said dryly, before hanging up and finally turning his attention to McNeil.

"How did things go over there?" McNeil asked.

He'd already seen the news. They had poured over a billion dollars into this project, and never imagined it would end like this.

Curtis shook his head. "It's hopeless."

his fingers on the desk, thoughtful. "I remember you once told me the lead developer was a talented young woman at your company. Set

nobody says no to money. With the

through Curtis's mind, and guilt gnawed

held him back. Back then, he'd sided with Violet-even though he knew full well that Victoria was the one who had written the original code. For

her help-it was something he just couldn't

is complicated," Curtis admitted, his tone

quite explain it, but Curtis didn't want Victoria and McNeil to cross paths. The atmosphere between them at that restaurant last time had been strange-he couldn't quite put his finger on it, but something about their

ask her to patch things up and relaunch the game. Name your price-I'll

be solved with money. The problem is,

was limited. If Violet hadn't

If things

his eyes cold and sharp. "A billion dollars is not pocket change, Curtis. If you're too embarrassed to ask, I'll do

think I should handle this," Curtis started—but just then, Violet strode

a crisp white silk blouse, a matching knee-length skirt, and

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