Chapter 242

Victoria felt a tug at her heart.

She'd always known Max's story was a sad one. He was just five-so young to have lost both parents. That soft, vulnerable place inside her felt as if it had been pricked.

"I don't have anything urgent later. I can go with you."

She asked Marcus which preschool Max attended. When Marcus told her, surprise flickered in Victoria's eyes.

Gwyn went to that school, too. Both children were actually classmates.

Marcus noticed the surprise. "Something wrong?"

Victoria shook her head lightly. "No, I just realized a friend's child goes there as well."

She had no intention of telling Marcus about Gwyneth. They weren't close, and it wasn't his business.

"I have a friend whose daughter

on him for a moment. It

up her glass and took a steady sip of water, hiding

know why, but Max has always been a sweet, easygoing

now, chatting as if they were old friends. The

polite and gentle, always greeting the adults sweetly with her

somewhere along the way, Gwyneth had grown distant, her attitude turning aloof even with the grown-ups-except,

told Max to keep his distance from Gwyneth and, if possible,

kind of influence McNeil's new partner had on her? It was no wonder, Marcus thought, that once Violet came back, McNeil and Violet had grown so

The kids had

She hadn't been able to spend much time with her daughter lately, but she never imagined Gwyneth

losing to a girl. Then Max met you—after you

glass, shaking his head but

at the mention of children— especially Max. She seemed far more engaged talking

to pursue Victoria, Max might

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