The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Gwyneth was completely absorbed in her reading when her phone buzzed with a new message. Her first thought was that it might be Connor-she dreaded the idea, so she didn't dare check it right away.

Several seconds passed before she finally, almost reluctantly, fished out her phone. It turned out the message was from Hawthorne.

“There's an auction in Greenvale tomorrow. I need you to attend for me.”

Her curiosity was instantly piqued.

An auction usually meant expensive jewelry or antiques.

She'd wandered through his villa several times, and aside from a few valuable artifacts, she hadn't noticed any particular obsession on his part for collecting things.

"Is it a gift for someone?" she replied, thinking that was the only reasonable explanation.

He sent back a brief, indifferent "Yeah."

Gwyneth agreed right away. After all, she'd been tagging along with him like a freeloader for so long; it felt good to finally do something helpful.

They chatted for a while longer, until he suddenly asked, "It's late, why aren't you asleep yet?"

She hesitated, just about to reply, when another message popped up: “Get some rest. Goodnight."

For some reason, Gwyneth felt a little let down. It took her several minutes before she texted back a simple, "Okay."

and

half of it, the camera was

sharpened, almost slicing through the screen, as

come to France with him—she'd

jealousy rising inside him. Right now, he had half a mind to jump on a

restrained himself. Women were trouble when they had too much free time, and

couldn't let his wife get bored; he needed to keep her occupied

the man in the video: Marcus Green's nephew, who'd moved to Greenvale from Starfall City

eyes narrowed. Starfall City-Gwyneth's

sofa for over three hours, and

off his phone

***

was still fast asleep, Gwyneth was already

surprised to see her coming

aver

and formal, brows drawn in

yesterday and wasn't

Gwyneth had been wearing a simple work outfit. Now,

so impeccably

the affairs

showed his- professionalism: ten minutes