The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge novel Chapter 27

Before boarding, Victoria sent a text to Stein, letting him know she was heading back. She didn’t explain why—just said she had something to take care of.

McNeil sat beside her, thoughtfully draping a blanket over her shoulders.

“Get some sleep. We’ve got a long flight ahead,” he murmured.

Victoria replied with a quiet “Mm,” nestling into her seat.

As Victoria drifted off, McNeil pulled out his phone and turned it on. Instantly, a message from Violet popped up on the screen.

Reading that something had happened to Gwyneth made McNeil’s heart leap into his throat.

With Victoria right next to him, he couldn’t very well reply to Violet openly. He waited until she was fully settled, then, when she wasn’t looking, typed a quick response:

“What happened?”

Violet had been up all night, staring at her phone, waiting for any word from him. It wasn’t until half past eight the next morning that McNeil’s message finally arrived. The moment she saw it, tears spilled onto her screen.

She wanted to call him, but thought better of it. Instead, she replied with another text:

“It’s nothing serious. She just got a craving, wanted to eat something nice with us, and even asked if we could go to the amusement park. But I’m not well enough to take her… Poor thing, always stuck at home with me. McNeil, please come back soon.”

McNeil glanced at the message, saw that it wasn’t an emergency, and didn’t reply.

After a long silence, Violet sent another message, testing the waters:

“Is Victoria with you?”

McNeil turned his head slightly. Sure enough, Victoria was bundled up under the blanket, fast asleep, just as he’d suggested.

They’d caught an early flight—so early, in fact, that it was still dark when the car dropped them at the airport.

With a few taps of his slender fingers, McNeil responded: “Yeah.”

“Alright, I understand. I won’t message you again. We’ll wait for you at home—just come back soon.”

McNeil didn’t bother to reply.

At some point during the flight, he got up to use the restroom. Victoria happened to wake just then.