The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 450

Simms now felt nothing but a surge of disgust whenever he looked at Yulia; whatever fondness he'd once had had long curdled into something darker.

"What right do you have to say that to me?" he spat.

Yulia drew a slow, steadying breath. "Don't forget, I know all your secrets. And you're not even Victoria's real father. If Golden Era Enterprises' board ever found that out, do you really think they'd let you keep your position as chairman?"

Her words hit their mark. Simms froze for a split second, then his embarrassment turned to fury. He lunged and wrapped his hands around her throat. Violet, who had come along with them, stared in shock-she had never seen Simms look so vicious, twisted by rage.

By the time she snapped out of it, Violet was clawing desperately at Simms's arms, trying to pull him away from her mother. But she was no match for his strength.

threw Violet aside and, almost as an afterthought, slapped her hard across the

around for old time's sake. Who do you think paid for your comfortable life? And now you dare turn on me? Looks like you two are

I paid for it with my youth. I stayed by your side all these years because you sweet- talked me into it. If it weren't for your empty promises, I could have married someone else and had

can't acknowledge her real parents, living without a shred

looked at them,

warmth or remorse. "I told you when you were pregnant that if it was a girl, you should get rid of her. You refused. The only reason I kept that useless girl around

own fault. And now you two have the nerve to

the best of everything-food, clothes, a roof over your head. I slaved away like a dog for the Turner family for decades so you could live easy. And

Simms was unreliable, but she never imagined he could be