Chapter 326

She started to stand, intending to leave the table, but McNeil stretched out his leg, blocking her path.

Victoria froze. If she tried to walk past, she'd have to squeeze right by him, and with just the slightest move from McNeil, she'd likely end up tumbling into his arms or worse, right onto his lap.

"Daddy, Mommy, aren't you going to eat?" Gwyneth had picked up on the tension between her parents.

McNeil peeled a shrimp and placed it on his daughter's plate, though his gaze never left Victoria. "Go ahead and eat, Gwyn. Daddy and Mommy need to talk."

Victoria's appetite disappeared in an instant.

"I made plans to have dinner with my mother tonight. You and Gwyn should come with me."

McNeil didn't ask about Paul again, and Victoria wasn't about to bring it up herself. She just felt a cold emptiness settle inside her.

"I don't know your mother that well. Why don't you take Gwyn yourself?"

Dinner at Madonna's house? In six years of marriage, she'd never been invited to her mother-in-law's place. Now, with divorce looming, she wasn't about to tempt fate.

"We're going to the amusement park this afternoon. It was my mother's idea to invite you and Paul."

was stunned. He'd invited

the afternoon, Victoria couldn't focus on anything. Her mind kept circling back to Paul-Paul and Madonna. Both were from

wife and daughter through

time of her life but every now and then,

me and Violet out anymore? Why is

ruffled her hair.

it off. Being with Mommy was fun, too-no

lately, so busy that Gwyneth

Victoria did their best to keep up

at a red light near the park's entrance, Isaac glanced out the passenger window and did a double take. "No way-am

shout made Violet and Marcus Green, squeezed together in

so worked up?" Marcus

and some catching up, even managing to persuade Violet to join. He'd tried calling McNeil, but

make her seem desperate, just another clingy woman. So she forced herself

McNeil with his daughter?" Marcus glanced up from

been awfully busy lately-of course McNeil would bring his kid by

you realize how dedicated I've been. I've barely seen McNeil-I've thrown myself into work, just like

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