The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 588

Gwyneth Langford let out a small sigh of resignation. "Chris, Celia, how about we check out that exhibit later?"

She'd promised to spend time with them, but it kept getting pushed back. Celia, still very much a child, had already forgotten about being upset.

"Sure!" Celia beamed, grabbing Gwyneth's hand and looking to Chris. "Are you coming?"

Chris tried to keep up his aloof act, managing a dismissive huff. It lasted all of three seconds before he obediently trailed after them.

Watching the three kids together, Victoria Turner noticed how much brighter Gwyneth's smile had become.

"Have you noticed how much Gwyn has changed since coming back with Hawthorne?" she remarked.

Thorpe Langford sat on the sofa, sipping his tea, nostalgia softening his expression. "I have. She's different, isn't she?"

Victoria settled beside him. "He's the one you mentioned the family friend's son she was promised to as a child?"

younger-almost cost my old

Everharts. The old man had taken a shine to young McNeil and Victoria's daughter, calling her clever and bright. McNeil's father had scoffed at the idea, saying the man was

McNeil had enough on their plates, and Thorpe had little interest in stirring up more unrest by bringing up

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been fiercely independent. Even Victoria herself

kind of affection. Victoria felt her eyes sting. Her daughter was grown now and would eventually leave. The thought made her

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say. That boy's even harder to read

She'd never fully trusted Thorpe's so-called wisdom. Gwyneth brought a man home, and before she even had time to

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