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.

clothes excitedly, but deliberately stepped on them, dirtying them in the

a sickeningly sweet tone, she scoffed:

that people are like

stained, it doesn't matter how much you wash them; the marks never truly

kind to Kaelyn, even when

all, Kaelyn 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

a deal with Kellan, who was paralyzed, securing the crucial land for the

Kaelyn had felt grateful, almost

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

Colton's grandmother's favor had

the family's attitude.

Allison said, her eyes fixed on Colton, "it's impossible to

shrugged, a casual finality in her

won't need them

liked

had never

when people screw up, he continued, in a cold, unfamiliar voice, "they

The air in

looked at Allison as if seeing her through a new lens: his usual softness had been replaced by a cutting

on an innocent mask, as if slipping into a

only serve the Stevens family, Miss Clarke," Kaelyn said, her voice tinged with

And since she's divorced….

face! Kaelyn didn't have a chance to

such force that the sound echoed

eyes widened in

dare you

felt

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

Another slap, harder this time,

were now red and swollen, the perfect mirror

balance and, as she fell to the ground,

pain, with a face of humiliation and

eyes, spilling

any more complaints, Allison was on top of her

necklace off

of the suitcase and the

flushed as Allison grabbed her tighter, drowning her words in

now I'm giving you back what I never