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

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

nearly razed overnight. His parents both died not long after. The Everhart legacy was left teetering on the edge-how was that any different

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

she would have

loved Mom too much. He saw you giving her flowers and thought you were making a move. Of

"Chris-"

the tension,

expression grew even darker. He pressed his lips together, and the atmosphere in the room dropped several

the first time, she shot a warning

He met Hawthorne's gaze, eyes full of

to take his sister away from the family. Well, not if he had anything to say

trying to lighten the mood. "Well, Hawthorne, you can't blame us too much. Our son

out a cold,

think he was a fool. Everyone knew the Langford

especially McNeil's affairs-hardly a secret. Thorpe still had the nerve to