The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

On this point, Hawthorne and Gwyneth were perfectly in sync. He preferred peace and quiet over crowds and chaos, and so did she.

If it weren't for worrying about hurting her mom and great-grandfather's feelings, Gwyneth honestly felt that just signing the marriage certificate would have been enough a wedding ceremony didn't really matter to her.

Hawthorne took his wife home, leaving Leonie and the Everharts behind with reluctant looks.

Stepping back into their place, Gwyneth was immediately struck by how familiar it felt. The apartment in Starfall City was practically identical to this one.

"Great-grandpa really put his heart into this," she couldn't help but think.

"I need to head to the office. You should rest at home," Hawthorne said, instructing someone to bring in their luggage. The butler greeted Gwyneth with a respectful, "Ma'am."

The title made her squirm a bit.

"I could go to the office, too. It gets awfully boring here alone," she said. What was she supposed to do—just stare at the walls and wait for him to come back every day?

and agreed. "You'll go back to your old department. Your

to the gaming department, everyone was stunned to see her. A few of her closer friends leaned in,

all this time? Did the heiress drag you off to play personal assistant

to family connections, which had always put Miss Yvette in a

anyone at work about her marriage-it would only make things awkward. If she was following Hawthorne to Starfall City, she definitely

was married to the boss. She didn't want to become some

edge to their tone. "It's been weird lately-the boss has been MIA, too. He's a workaholic, practically lives

as Gwyneth returned,

the same time,

brushed off the curiosity with a couple of vague excuses. Having work to do made the

just as

car a block away from the office. Before getting in, Gwyneth glanced around

"Is being seen with me really that

enough to go public? Did she plan to keep her status as Mrs. Everhart a