The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 575

Hawthorne shot Thorpe a cool glance. "Nothing? He did plenty, more than you can imagine."

It all started that year, right after the championship. The Langford Group began hounding the Everhart family, nearly destroying a legacy built over a century.

Chris and Celia rarely got to hear their mother discuss their father with anyone else. They especially loved the parts about their parents' romance. Their older sister always claimed Mom and Dad were hopelessly in love—a couple straight out of a fairy tale.

Thorpe sighed. "Back then, Vicky and McNeil had just gotten divorced-"

"Divorced?"

Chris and Celia blurted it out in unison, wide-eyed as they turned to look at Gwyneth.

Victoria immediately dropped her gaze. She'd always insisted in front of the kids that she and McNeil were the picture of marital bliss, till death do them part.

"Oh, that. Just the usual little arguments every couple has."

Thorpe realized he'd let something slip and tried to cover it up, chuckling awkwardly. "Not important, really. Ha—"

Hawthorne's expression had turned

may think it's unimportant, but what McNeil did nearly wiped out

both died not long

whisper, barely audible. "I'm sorry. I truly didn't

she had, she would have done

saw you giving her flowers and thought you were making a move.

"Chris-"

the tension, snapping everyone

expression grew even darker. He pressed his lips together, and the

For the first time, she shot a warning glare at her youngest

met Hawthorne's

steal Mom from Dad, but now Hawthorne was trying to take his sister away from

nose, trying to lighten the mood. "Well, Hawthorne, you can't blame us too much. Our son does have a bit of a reputation for being obsessed

a cold, dismissive

think he was a fool. Everyone knew the Langford

Thorpe still had