Chapter 78

Victoria looked at him with unfamiliar eyes. "What do you want, Mr. Quigley?" "Is that what you call an apology? You didn't even kneel." Leon's gaze was piercing, filled with an oppressive force. Eva instinctively grabbed his sleeve, trying to mediate. "Let's just drop it, okay? It's not a big deal. She doesn't need to kneel. Besides, Victoria didn't mean it yesterday." "Whether she meant it or not, she hurt you," Leon said coldly, his tone unyielding. Eva felt her blood run cold. For five years, he had adored Victoria to the extreme. But in just a few days apart, he had become so ruthless toward her. If he ever found out Eva had been lying to him all this time, what would he do to her? She didn't even dare to imagine the consequences. Victoria's expression remained unchanged. She had already prepared herself for the trouble he would give her when she decided to come. She turned to Eva and kneeled as she apologized, "I'm sorry, Ms. Simmons." This time, her tone, expression, an