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."

and McNeil snapped in

half-risen from his seat in his eagerness to confess, immediately sank back down, looking like a guilty defendant in a trial-only, this time, it seemed the gun wasn't

looked around the table, her tone cool. "So, is

a tense pause, he answered, "No. I just wanted you to meet

chair, grumbling, "How was I supposed to know Victoria was

her son's shin. "That's enough

that? If you were presentable, maybe McNeil

to prove she was Mrs. Langford;

engineering position for you at Quantum Core Technologies.

at McNeil. Since he was arranging this for

snide comment she'd been about to

"And I'll

water and immediately sprayed it across the table. "Cousin, do you have to treat me like a criminal? I

have to play caretaker or indulge Paul's desperate need for attention. She was more than happy to let

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

to your cousin. Do

you mean, sending Paul to work in some company to teach Victoria? Gwyn's still