The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 504

Ailie glanced from Victoria to McNeil, lying motionless in the hospital bed. "Vicky

Victoria's expression remained calm, with not a trace of blame for Ailie.

"I'm divorced from him. But he's still the father of my three kids."

Ailie's frustration flared. "So what, you plan to stay single forever? Just hang around him for life?"

Victoria shook her head. "It's not about hanging around. After the divorce, I never planned to remarry. Honestly, I'm fine on my own. You know me-I'm not the kind of woman who needs a man as some kind of accessory."

She meant every word.

She'd married McNeil out of love, given up every passion she had and thrown herself into the fire, only to end up burned to ashes.

She'd had Gwyneth for love, too. As for Chris and Celia, she simply couldn't abandon her own children. She'd brought them into the world-there was no way she could ever destroy them.

That's just a mother's instinct.

Ailie had never experienced that head-over-heels kind of love, never loved anyone so deeply it left a mark. She didn't understand.

maybe that's why, now,

was part of her—part

about me. I'm not staying single for McNeil's

a split second, she almost wished

be honest with me-if McNeil wakes up and asks you to take him back, what

her head against the wall, pressing her

it. Don't tell me. I don't even want

tangle of emotions and, for once, unable to find the right

wake up and ask for another chance suddenly seemed beside the point. She

through, Victoria wasn't sure she even knew how to love anymore. McNeil could

still had two little ones who needed her-two little mouths to

"McNeil-"

the divorce, she looked at him without bitterness, without anger,

she felt was a deep, aching emptiness, as if a piece of her chest had been carved out and left

now did she realize that, after six years of marriage, love wasn't the only thing binding them. They'd become so deeply ingrained in each other' lives, so tangled in each other's habits, that

far more complicated than love -was

always be the