The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 329

Mrs. Nelson was so startled by what she'd just heard that her fork slipped from

her hand and clattered onto her plate. Even though she hadn't caught most of the conversation, the phrase "seducing your sister-in-law" rang out loud and clear.

Madonna caught it, too. She slapped her palm on the table, stood up abruptly, and glared daggers at Victoria.

"Victoria, what's your problem? Wasn't it enough that you messed with McNeil? Now that your own husband doesn't want you, you're after our Paul?”

Victoria's face froze for a second; she was clearly annoyed at being accused of something so ridiculous.

She picked up a napkin and, with deliberate calm, dabbed at her fingertips. "And who's seducing whom, exactly?"

Paul's face flushed a deep red-assuming she was talking to him, he blurted out a confession.

"It was me. I tried to seduce her."

"Nobody asked you."

in unison,

looking like a guilty defendant in a trial-only, this time, it seemed the gun wasn't pointed

cool. "So, is this some kind of

answered, "No. I just wanted you to meet the family, so no one tries to take

grumbling, "How was I supposed to know Victoria was your wife? You never introduced her. I

her son's shin.

in, "Who's to blame for that? If you were presentable, maybe McNeil

here to prove she was Mrs.

set up an engineering position for you at Quantum Core Technologies. You'll have your own office, and every day, Paul will spend an hour teaching

Since he was arranging this for her, she

she'd been about to make, she

"And I'll be

taken a sip of water and immediately sprayed it across the table. "Cousin, do you have to treat me

wouldn't have to play caretaker or indulge

Mrs. Nelson and Madonna seemed to understand what was going on. Mrs. Nelson, who'd been anxious about what to do with Paul, was all too eager

cousin. Do whatever he

of it. "No way. McNeil, what do you mean, sending Paul to work in some company to teach Victoria?