The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge novel Chapter 31

The next morning, Victoria returned to the McNeil estate with a small team to pack her belongings.

Haley was also up early, having already finished her chores. She handed her remaining duties over to Xenia, the other housekeeper, and quietly followed Victoria out the door.

Watching her employer move out, Xenia sensed trouble. She wanted to call Mr. McNeil and let him know, but hesitated—she didn’t want to be seen as meddling.

After a moment’s thought, she reasoned that if Mrs. McNeil was really leaving, surely Mr. McNeil already knew. Otherwise, he’d be back by now, trying to stop her.

What a shame about those two—they’d always seemed like the perfect couple. And with a five-year-old child, too. Young people these days, she thought with a sigh. One minute they’re together, the next it’s all over, just like that.

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**The Velvet Fork**

Victoria sat across from Johnny, who regarded her with a mixture of confusion and disbelief.

“Mrs. Langford, are you sure you want to redraft the divorce agreement?”

In all his years as a lawyer, this was the first time Johnny had seen a woman filing for divorce over her husband’s affair who willingly gave up all claim to his assets.

Women like this, he thought, were either so capable they didn’t care about a few scraps of money—or they were hopelessly naïve.

“I’m sure,” she replied.

Victoria set her coffee down gently and spoke with calm finality.

She’d already burned the contract granting her fifty percent of her father-in-law’s company dividends. There was no point fighting over assets that meant nothing to her.

The Turner family’s wealth had once eclipsed even the Langfords’. What mattered now was reclaiming her grandfather’s and mother’s legacy from Simms. That was what truly belonged to the Turners.

As for McNeil’s share—he didn’t love her, and she could see that the thirty percent stake in his company and those generous annual allowances were things he resented giving. So why not make a clean break? Let him keep it all.