The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 558

Hawthorne brought her a glass of milk. Gwyneth set her phone aside, eyes still wary.

"Relax, I'm not here to gloat," he said, voice steady but not unkind. "If you miss home so much, why don't you just go back?"

For someone who seemed so much more mature than Leonie, Gwyneth was strangely hesitant when it came to her family.

She looked away, blinking hard, like a little girl whose secret had just been discovered. Her eyes reddened almost instantly.

"No one ever told you it's rude to eavesdrop?" she snapped, mustering as much indignation as she could. She sounded more flustered than angry, like a kitten trying to bare its claws-full of bravado, but harmless in the end.

The embarrassment quickly outweighed her irritation. The words were barely out of her mouth before she regretted them.

If it hadn't been for Hawthorne yesterday, she'd probably have ended up alone with Bill Crawford-

"I'm sorry," Gwyneth blurted out, her voice softer now. "I shouldn't have spoken to you like that. And... thank you. For yesterday."

She watched as Hawthorne stepped inside, set the glass of milk down, and for a moment, she was at a loss for words.

Wasn't someone like Hawthorne supposed to be above these small acts of kindness? Yet here he was, bringing her milk, and she found herself oddly touched by it.

Was it too late to thank him properly now?

apology was sincere, but she

go after that, not pressing her

there, fiddling with the hem of her sweater, eyes darting away. She looked every bit the little girl caught doing

out. She tensed, uncertain of his intention-until he gently tucked

sending a shiver

froze, a beat of awkward silence

and veered toward a safer subject. "Bill

still reeling from that accidental touch, finding it hard to focus. When

her, he'd

his

fierce, like someone who could tear the world apart if he

words. But she'd already told Leonie the truth, and Bill's attitude

ever happened between us. We broke up before, and I didn't expect

her uneasy. After Hawthorne showed up, she had no

taken in by

said bluntly. "Not enough to put him behind

a couple of weeks in

teach him @