The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 529

Gwyneth Langford studied the man before her and couldn't shake the feeling she'd been thoroughly duped.

He'd told her he had an apartment available—just a temporary place for her to stay.

But when she arrived, she discovered it was a sprawling mansion, the kind that was a world away from what she'd imagined. The estate stretched over a thousand square meters; even driving around took a while, and walking anywhere would be an exhausting ordeal.

"I'll be heading to the office in a bit. Feel free to explore on your own," Hawthorne Everhart said, checking his watch.

He had an important video call at four that afternoon. Originally, he'd planned to drop Gwyneth off at his apartment, but the thought made him uneasy. Only by keeping her under his own roof could he feel somewhat reassured.

"Alright," Gwyneth replied quickly.

That simple word blew away all her earlier discomfort.

She'd assumed that, after showing her the room, Hawthorne would practically drag her off to work with him. She never expected he'd just leave her alone in this enormous house. Now, with her grandmother's painting hanging right there-and Hawthorne gone-she could wander wherever she liked, guilt-free.

Maybe she'd even find something else her grandmother had left behind.

pleased with her obedient response. He told her to

got into his car. The moment his taillights disappeared at

Ha!

so cautious, yet somehow careless enough to leave her here by herself. Did he really think the housekeeper would keep as close an eye on

tiptoed down the hallway, peering around corners, but there was no

last time.

that's how it's going to be,

it, staring for a long while. The longer she looked, the

red light, glanced at his phone, and pulled up the security cameras at the house. He watched Gwyneth sneak around, poking her

stopped in front of the watercolor painting she'd asked about earlier, gazing at it

so much? If she had some hidden agenda regarding

blared behind him, jolting him back to reality. He

to get herself lost, a staff member would magically appear and guide

emboldened her further. She

gardens, the gazebos, even fed the koi in the pond.