The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 240

Chapter 240

"Let's talk when I get back."

After ending the call with Gwyneth, McNeil let himself dwell in a brief moment of heaviness before slipping back into his usual cool detachment.

Victoria arrived at the café where she and Marcus had agreed to meet. She'd half expected to see Max there, but to her surprise, Marcus was alone.

She hesitated for a moment, caught off guard.

"Max has a school event today, so he couldn't make it," Marcus explained, noticing her surprise.

Victoria set the gift she'd brought on the table in front of him. "That's a shame. I'd hoped to surprise him for his birthday, but since he's not here, I'll have to rely on you to pass this along."

Marcus glanced at the neatly wrapped box. "You really didn't have to."

From the inner pocket of his jacket, he pulled out a small, elegant box- something that looked unmistakably valuable.

"What's this?" Victoria asked.

"Open it. See if you like it," Marcus replied, a faint smile playing on his lips. "You're giving this to me?" Victoria said, surprised.

She opened the box, and inside lay an exquisite diamond necklace.

a custom design by Allian, released in an extremely limited run. Even among high society's elite, no one could get their hands on one. Yet here it

project, something she poured her heart into during rare

her late mother's honor, and most of the few available pieces had gone to her mother's closest friends—a quiet expression of

mother brought a sharp pain to Victoria's chest. Her stomach twisted,

are simply unfair. When someone is gifted, or achieves what others cannot, it's easy to believe they're among the rare few favored by

in perfection. She'd been granted talent, yes, but

in the complexities of love. Fate never allows for

just to be ordinary-someone who could rest her head in her mother's lap, who

fate had thrown open the gates to genius and welded shut the

was nothing she

beautiful," Victoria said politely, accepting the necklace with practiced grace. "Let me

fully expected her to refuse. The fact that she not only liked it but accepted

Victoria agreed, gathering her hair and lifting it off her neck, revealing

and fastened the necklace with gentle

the necklace on, as if it'd been made for her. Marcus found himself staring,

beautiful women before, but never anyone quite like

seat, though he still looked at her with a bemused

gaze calmly. "Is something

noticed his lingering stare and instinctively reached up, her fingers brushing the cool

thought someone

it could be bought at all. He'd

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