The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 168

Victoria retreated to her own room, hurrying straight into the bathroom to wash away the remnants of last night.

It had been a while since she and McNeil had been together, yet every time he saw her, it was as if he'd been holding back for ages.

She tried not to recall how intense he'd been that night in the cave. What truly surprised her was how he'd had protection on him, as if he'd expected it.

Did he always keep that sort of thing around for Violet's sake?

Victoria quickly pushed the thought aside. She slipped out of her clothes and stepped beneath the shower, letting the water run down her body, but nothing could wash away the memory of McNeil's passion.

Just then, her phone-left charging on the bathroom counter-buzzed with a robotic voice notification: "Five hundred thousand dollars received."

She wiped the suds from her hands and picked up the phone. There was a new transaction message.

"If you ever need anything, I'm always available."

pause, she transferred the money into her savings account, then blocked the

bathroom and immediately noticed Victoria's profile picture on his phone had gone gray. When he tried to message her, it bounced back with

finished buttoning his

leaving?" she

need to get back to

pouted in protest. "Curtis just announced we could stay an extra day. There's

McNeil replied, "I can't leave Gwyn home alone for

smile. "You're right. We really should have brought her along. With Victoria here, it's been ages since mother and daughter have seen each

it. My leaving has nothing to do

out of the room. Violet bit

bring out her and McNeil's bags as well. A few executives from Quantum Core Technologies, seeing their boss was heading out, lost interest in lingering. Only a couple of the female execs seemed reluctant to leave, so they kept two cars for themselves while the rest

her silence, just as she had on the way

of his van suddenly

the most frightened, turning pale as a