The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 486

If the charges stuck, all of his assets would be frozen and handed over to the

authorities. Once again, just as her dreams were within reach, everything slipped through Violet's fingers. She felt as if she might lose her mind.

Yulia, on the other hand, remained calm and unhurried, her expression unreadable as she watched Violet's distress.

"It's not over till it's over. No one knows how this will play out yet. We'll just have to

see how things develop. Besides, the whole thing came out of nowhere-no warning at all. I suspect someone's digging into Simms' affairs behind the scenes."

I'd already reached the same conclusion. Our eyes met, and the answer was clear.

Victoria.

Who else could possibly hate Simms enough to go this far?

"Do you think Victoria already knows she and Simms aren't related by blood?"

Yulia's face darkened.

"So what if she knows? Her mother was never a match for me, and if Victoria wants to come at me, let her try. Still, if Simms ends up behind bars, things could get tricky."

After Yulia's relationship with Simms fell apart, she had no desire to stay at the company as his assistant, and Simms certainly didn't want her around anymore. Now, Violet was the only one left at Golden Era Enterprises, but even she had been pushed to the margins.

Violet had no power at Golden Era Enterprises. No one listened to her-if anything, her reputation was so toxic that people went out of their way to avoid her.

"So, what—are we just supposed to accept this?" she demanded.

Yulia shot her a sharp glance. "What's the rush? Let's just see how things play out."

But Violet didn't share Yulia's composure. She was anxious-desperate, even. "I'm leaving..."

didn't fall, she'd have

a thin stream of

she were twenty years younger, she could still find a man to lean

of Golden Era Enterprises in full view of his

make things difficult for him—not

was brought to the detention center, he faced multiple

to visit him was,

at my lowest?" Simms

only his lawyer had bothered to stay in touch. No one else cared what happened to him. Even the young model he'd been seeing had cleared out his credit cards and vanished as soon as she caught

gaze was

we were together for years. Sure, we never made it official on paper, but we lived as husband

I'm willing to let go ofl.ne by your side. All I

Even now, I'm

for things

to the

can to

but Simms wasn't

capable of. What, you think just because I'm down, you can cozy up

think I don't know about

don't

your little

keep some boy toy. For all I know, Violet might not even be my kid. You only want to help me so you can worm your way back in. Well, it's not going to happen. No woman's ever going to

you don't believe me,

women, drinking and partying every night, do you think I'd have looked for

"So now my cheating's your excuse? Please. A man having a few flings on the side-especially someone

to pin everything on me. You're no angel yourself. Look

to even