The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 230

Just then, Curtis spoke up.

"It was my idea to have her work in Investments. With Victoria's abilities, she'd easily fit in with the Tech Department, but I believe we should respect personal preference. Ms. Turner, the choice is yours. There's no need to go against your own wishes."

His words landed like a slap in Violet's face. She looked visibly unsettled, convinced Curtis was blatantly favoring Victoria-even to the point of disregarding the company's best interests.

Yulia, trying to smooth things over, stood up with a smile and reached for Victoria's arm. "Vicky, everyone's watching-why not join us for dinner? We're all family here, and you're not a kid anymore. Business is business, but let's not bring personal feelings into it."

The executives from all three companies fixed their eyes on Victoria, each trying to figure out what made her tick.

Ailie could have stepped in to pull Victoria away, but this was a public setting— causing a scene would only make things harder for Victoria.

"Victoria?" Ailie's voice was soft, as if waiting for her decision.

"You there you seem close with Vicky. Why don't you join us too?" Mr. Harper from Quantum Core Technologies, whose status in the room was the most modest, quickly offered up his seat, shifting to another table.

Marian barely lifted her gaze, her tone indifferent. "Just sit down. It's not like we don't know each other."

down anyway-she was

yet. Your company's new

Violet, you're generous to a fault. You know the troublemaker is right under your nose, and yet you haven't fired her. Sometimes you give

stand the jabs any longer. "Yeah, well, who's giving whom a chance here? Mr. Garcia, Quantum Core Technologies is part of the Garcia family, right? Yet there's always someone jumping in to throw shade at our own people. And as

altogether. She truly couldn't understand how someone like Victoria-who seemed to attract dislike wherever she went-had the nerve to show up at

by Violet's relationship with McNeil, had tried to make a scene several times without success. Now she'd run off to

and marry Violet's cousin. That way, Yulia would have the Langford Group as a powerful ally, and marrying Simms would

divorce, but there'd been

her? The once-privileged Turner heiress had fallen on hard times, only to

wine, hiding a faint smile behind the

heiress of Golden Era Enterprises. Why would I need to cozy up to a second-rate company like Quantum Core Technologies? What

words made everyone's expressions shift-even Violet's face darkened,

room-least of all Marian, and not even Simms-would dare call Quantum Core a second-rate company. In the past two years, Quantum Core had become a powerhouse in tech, and anyone who met Curtis addressed him as Mr. Garcia with

invest-willing to risk losses just for a stake? McNeil wasn't a fool; no businessman would invest

with billions in cash, practically begging to invest. Quantum Core didn't need to curry favor with the Langford Group-Marian was only seeing the surface, having no clue about the tangled business deals