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?"

sure it would work out. McNeil made some reckless choices when he was younger-almost cost my old friend his family's entire future. After that, how could I have the nerve to bring up an old engagement? And now my friend's gone, I didn't even make it in time to

nowhere near as prominent as the 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 too ambitious- leading to more than a few arguments between the two

had enough on their plates, and Thorpe had little interest

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match for Gwyneth, who'd always been fiercely independent. Even Victoria herself couldn't get close to her daughter's heart, but somehow, this man had become

felt her eyes sting. Her daughter was grown now and would

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