The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 354

Victoria was surprised to see Curtis show up in person; she couldn't imagine what could be so urgent.

Ailie, ever the intuitive one, immediately caught on.

"I'll leave you two to talk business," she said, already gathering her things.

But Curtis, looking a little out of sorts, waved her off. He knew all too well that Victoria and Ailie were close, so there was no need for her to excuse herself.

"It's nothing confidential. You should stay and hear this too," he said.

With that, Ailie settled back into her seat, no longer feeling like a third wheel.

Victoria waited patiently for Curtis to continue. He stared at her for a long moment before finally speaking, his reluctance obvious.

"I got a call from Mr. Langford today. The military's agreed to sign the drone project contract with The Langford Group, but they can't make it out here to Starfall City. Mr. Langford has to go to them in Evermore City, and Quantum Core Technologies will be taking the lead on this."

Curtis rambled on, skirting around the real issue. Victoria listened quietly, waiting for the point.

"Mr. Langford wants you to go with him. But honestly, you don't have to. If you're not comfortable, just say the word and I'll call him back right now."

woman who knew where to draw the line, and he hoped she'd refuse the invitation to

Curtis could come up with a thousand reasons to

can't be good just the two of them, it sounds fishy to me," Ailie blurted out, saying exactly what Curtis had been thinking but didn't dare

when rumors about him and Victoria had made the rounds, he'd never done

"So, Ms. Turner,

to actually pull it off-he'd managed to land the military

it's a good opportunity. At least Quantum Core Technologies gets to handle the project. With this collaboration, our reputation in the industry is sure to rise,"

reluctance was written

Quantum Core Technologies isn't going under. I don't want you to sacrifice your own comfort, and I'd never use you

remembered how his friends used to support him-when had they started treating him like some kind of

me there to help negotiate with Mr. Campbell. After all, I know the business inside out, and I've learned a lot from Paul recently. When their engineers start firing off questions,

his judgment. It was clear that only he and Ailie were letting emotion get in the way of logic-Victoria herself was focused on the bigger picture and understood why Curtis

had given her yesterday—it would be hard for anyone not to think he was interested

long past being moved

still uneasy. Even if everything Victoria said made

Evermore City is far away, and honestly, I'd feel

looked at her and realized it wasn't a bad idea. With

Langford to Evermore City for the business trip. I'll let Mr. Langford know to book

a much better mood. Even