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."

Madonna, and McNeil snapped in unison, their

like a guilty defendant in a trial-only, this time, it seemed the

tone cool. "So, is this

expression darkened. After a tense pause, he answered, "No. I just wanted you to meet the family, so no

in his chair, grumbling, "How was I supposed to know Victoria was your wife? You never introduced her. I thought you

Nelson kicked her son's shin.

"Who's to blame for that? If you were presentable, maybe McNeil would have brought her around.

There was no point in arguing. She wasn't here to prove she was Mrs. Langford; maybe she'd cared about that once, but

at Quantum Core Technologies. You'll have your own office, and

at McNeil. Since he was arranging this for

she'd been about

added, "And I'll

just taken a sip of water and immediately sprayed it across the table. "Cousin, do you

she wouldn't have to play caretaker or indulge Paul's desperate need for attention. She was more than

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

your cousin. Do whatever he

Paul to work in some company to teach Victoria? Gwyn's still so young- she needs her mother. If Victoria's working, who's going to look after