The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 238

Violet smiled at McNeil. "Let's go. Mr. Brown felt awkward calling directly, so he reached out to the admin office instead."

McNeil just gave a quiet "Alright," and left the office alongside Violet.

Victoria waited in the lounge for almost half an hour before she finally saw Maynard approaching. When she noticed he was alone, she knew she wouldn't be seeing McNeil today.

"Ma'am, Mr. Langford has an important meeting right now. I'm afraid he won't be available."

He hadn't passed the task to McNeil's secretary. As McNeil's personal assistant, Maynard was always the one to handle anything involving Victoria. McNeil would never let anyone else manage their interactions.

Maynard was the only one in the entire company who knew the true relationship between McNeil and Victoria. Imagine asking the admin staff to relay a message to her-how could they possibly handle it normally?

Even if it was strictly business, Maynard still felt it was inappropriate. This conversation would have to wait until Mr. Langford was free to speak with her in person.

Victoria gave a polite smile. "Understood."

Next time McNeil tried to arrange a meeting with her, it wouldn't be so easy.

flashing on the screen. Victoria hesitated

for me at

quite sure what he meant. Was he expecting her to go to his place after

"Pick up Gwyn."

down without a second thought. But when he asked her to pick up their

expected to see

she lit up and ran straight

Why are you picking me up today? Weren't you supposed to be on a work trip?

suspicion flickering

Victoria simply nodded. "Mm-hmm."

want to get into any explanations-especially since Gwyneth might run straight to McNeil or Violet and spill everything. And she definitely wasn't going to mention

come back yesterday?"

you ask?" Victoria replied, her

and I thought I saw you there. Violet said it was you, and she asked if I wanted to go say hi. But you told me you were away on business, so I

hadn't wanted to interrupt-she already felt guilty enough for lying to her daughter, and there was no need to make things more

Maynard would finalize their divorce paperwork. She