The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge novel Chapter 594

“And you?”

Hawthorne grinned. “Of course, I rushed back just to see you. Tomorrow, I want to take you to Greenvale. My brother and sister-in-law are eager to meet you.”

He didn’t mention that Mr. and Mrs. Everhart actually had something to tell her, or that they were planning to give her gifts—especially Leonie, who was practically beside herself with excitement.

Gwyneth hesitated. “I haven’t told Mom and the others yet.”

Hawthorne looked at her and asked, “What if I hadn’t come back?”

“…”

The Langford family would probably be worried sick by now.

Gwyneth wasn’t about to say that out loud. Instead, she shot back, “Would you really not come?”

Hawthorne ruffled her hair with fond affection. “No chance. After all the trouble I went through with the engagement gifts, I’m not about to let that go to waste.”

Gwyneth’s heart warmed for half a second before indignation bubbled up in her chest.

“So it’s not me you’re attached to, just the gifts? Fine, take them all back—I don’t care.”

She couldn’t tell if he was joking or not, and the uncertainty just made her more annoyed.

Watching her puff up in anger, Hawthorne couldn’t help but laugh, his chest shaking with the effort to hold it in. When Gwyneth looked up and realized he was barely suppressing his laughter, she glared at him.

“What’s so funny?”

He hooked a finger under her chin, teasing, “If a few gifts can win me a beautiful woman like you, I’d say it’s a fair trade.”

Gwyneth had thought their conversation was going perfectly well—Hawthorne seemed perfectly normal—until he looked at her with that mischievous glint, like a thief eyeing his prize.