The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 666

Chapter 666

"Nothing, really."

Shifting uneasily in his arms, Gwyneth pretended to check the time on her phone.

"If I don't get up now, I'll be late for work. I still have a good two weeks left to make myself useful..."

Hawthorne knew exactly what she was thinking. Once she made up her mind, no one could talk her out of it. Neither of them had taken any precautions. Once their little one arrived, going back to work would be out of the question.

It wasn't that Hawthorne was chauvinistic-he just felt Gwyneth wasn't cut out for the cutthroat corporate world.

Otherwise, Yvette wouldn't have managed to scheme against her more than once. She was his wife, and he couldn't stand to see anyone push her around.

If it weren't for the old friendship between the Everhart family and Yvette's grandfather, Yvette would have been fired long ago—or even blacklisted in the entire industry, not just transferred out of the company.

Even after the transfer, the office politics and subtle discrimination followed Yvette wherever she went. There was no hope of making a comeback.

shrewd enough to know that crossing Hawthorne meant she could

career was over

sat at her vanity, fixing her hair and makeup. In the morning sunlight, her skin seemed

but feel lucky that he'd found her before anyone else realized just how beautiful she

in a ponytail and slipped into her work clothes, only to notice Hawthorne watching her intently. She

are you

his usual, calm tone. "You look

With a magician's flair, she produced a

"What's this?"

A gift, from her?

things. I figured it was time to return

box in front of her. Inside

jade,

to have everything. So I made this myself.

took out a small inkpad, blew gently on the bottom of the seal, and pressed it onto a sheet

or bad habits. In her spare time, she liked to paint

picked up the paper, studying her handiwork over and

restore artwork