The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge novel Chapter 219

As expected, Curtis looked visibly uncomfortable.

Ailie was so angry her face had gone pale. She'd only been venting moments ago, yet Violet actually wanted her and Victoria to call an Uber to The Langford Group? If anyone found out, the office gossip alone would be enough to kill her.

She was the Investment Department Manager at Quantum Core Technologies, after all—well-known, trusted by the company, and regularly headhunted by rivals. If people saw her getting treated like this, how would she keep her reputation in the industry?

Plenty of people had overheard the conversation, and some were already snickering behind their hands.

With Ms. Marchand here, it seemed like nothing could get out of hand. Victoria finally ran into someone she couldn't bulldoze, and maybe she'd think twice about playing favorites with Mr. Garcia's support in the future.

Especially George, the head of the tech department—every time he saw Victoria, he looked like he wanted to bite her head off. His team had worked night and day developing that game, putting in endless overtime, hoping for a breakthrough. No one even cared much about overtime pay, dreaming instead of a year-end bonus that could rival two years' salary.

They were all fired up, until Victoria failed to enter the encryption key, and all their work went up in smoke. Not only did they lose their chance at a bonus, but someone else stole their labor, and now they had to watch another company cash in on their sweat and tears.

Word had it that V&S Group was about to go public overseas thanks to the success of that game.

George could hardly contain his rage; if he could, he'd happily drink Victoria's blood and gnaw on her bones.

"What's the big deal?" Ailie retorted, her tone sharp. "So we can't all fit in the company van—surely we can figure out another ride. There are dozens of people here. Honestly, whether Ms. Turner and I go or not doesn't even matter. It's just a company tour, right? Ms. Marchand, do you really think we at Quantum Core Technologies are so sheltered that we need to go gawk at Mr. Langford's company just to broaden our horizons?"