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 in

a sickeningly sweet tone, she scoffed: Miss

that people are like

person's clothes are stained, it doesn't matter how much

kind to Kaelyn, even when she didn't

a distant relative of Colton's

family with Kellan Lloyd, the oldest son of the Lloyd family, it was Allison who had smoothed

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

had felt grateful,

change within the Stevens family, Kaelyn acted as

thing: Colton's grandmother's favor had gone astray, and with it, so had

the family's attitude.

clothes get dirty, you're right, Allison said, her eyes

shrugged, a casual finality

I won't need

never liked those vapid,

never

a cold, unfamiliar voice, "they have to face

air in the room

Allison as if seeing her through a new

on an innocent mask, as if slipping into a role

Stevens family, Miss Clarke," Kaelyn said, her voice tinged

And since she's divorced….

slap in the face! Kaelyn didn't have a chance to

palm struck her left cheek with such force that the sound

eyes widened in

you

I felt

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

slap, harder this time,

of their cheeks were now red and swollen, the perfect mirror of

caused Kaelyn to lose her balance and, as she fell to

a face

eyes, spilling over

too far!" But before Kaelyn could let out any more complaints, Allison was on top of her again, her hand gripping Kaelyn's throat as she told

the necklace

because of the suitcase and

as Allison grabbed her tighter, drowning

you back what