Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 2: Mrs.

Clarke, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to! Kaelyn hurried down the stairs, looking extremely worried.

Maybe I can put everything in a bag for now, she added, hiding her disdain behind a sweet smile.

Kaelyn had always looked down on Allison, considering her nothing more than a poor country girl who had shamelessly fallen for Colton for a better life.

Colton frowned in frustration.

How clumsy you are, he snapped, looking at the scattered clothes.

Allison's suitcase contained very few clothes and hardly any jewelry.

She hadn't even spent much of the money he had given her over the years.

She lived simply, frugally, and it was a reflection of how she had never tried to take advantage of her status.

But love could not be forced or faked.

Melany's baggage takes priority.

Put Allison's things in a storage bag, Colton added dismissively, looking at the broken suitcase.

"I'll have the housekeeper buy you a new morning.

" Allison gave a small, bitter smile.

That suitcase was the one I stole from the kidnappers when we were fleeing to save ourselves.

If it hadn't been for her, we would have drowned then.

For years, she had cared for that suitcase, just as she had cared for her marriage.

And now, like their relationship, it was destroyed.

Colton let out a cold laugh.

That story may fool my grandfather, but it doesn't work on me.

His memory of being kidnapped as a child was too vague, and he always doubted that Allison had been with him during that time.

Turning to Kaelyn, Colton raised his voice.

Hurry up and collect your things! Yes, sir.

began to pick up Allison's clothes excitedly, but deliberately stepped on them, dirtying them

sickeningly sweet tone, she scoffed: Miss

says that people are like

how much

kind to Kaelyn, even when she didn't have to

was a distant relative

made a mistake that almost brought her into conflict with Stevens family with Kellan Lloyd, the oldest son of the Lloyd family, it was Allison who

Kellan, who was paralyzed, securing the crucial land for the Stevens'

then, Kaelyn had felt grateful,

of change within the Stevens family, Kaelyn acted as if she had never bowed the

one thing: Colton's grandmother's favor had gone astray,

the family's attitude.

get dirty, you're right, Allison said, her eyes fixed on Colton,

She shrugged, a casual

I won't

never liked those vapid,

never

screw up, he continued, in a cold,

air in the

Colton looked at Allison as if seeing her through a new lens: his usual softness had been replaced by a cutting

she quickly put on an innocent mask, as if slipping

Clarke," Kaelyn said, her voice tinged

And since she's divorced….

in the face! Kaelyn didn't

with such force that

widened

you

I felt like

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

slap! Another slap, harder this time, made Kaelyn

were now red and

her balance and, as she fell to the ground, she

a face of

welled in Kaelyn's eyes, spilling over as she whimpered,

let out any more complaints, Allison

ripped the necklace off her

because of the suitcase and the

as Allison grabbed her tighter, drowning her words in

you back what I never gave