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.

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

sickeningly sweet tone,

that people are

clothes are stained, it doesn't matter how much you wash them; the

Kaelyn, even when she didn't have to

a distant relative

had 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 had smoothed

had negotiated a deal with Kellan, who was paralyzed, securing the crucial land for the Stevens'

then, Kaelyn had

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

came down to one thing: Colton's grandmother's favor had gone astray, and with

the family's attitude.

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

She shrugged, a casual finality in

I won't need them

liked

had never

a cold, unfamiliar voice,

The air in the room

seeing her through a new lens: his usual softness had been

put on an innocent mask, as if slipping into a

Clarke," Kaelyn said, her voice tinged with

And since she's divorced….

face! Kaelyn didn't

her left cheek with such force that the

eyes widened

dare you hit

felt like

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

this time, made Kaelyn stumble

red and swollen, the perfect mirror of

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

pain, with a face

welled in Kaelyn's eyes, spilling over

more complaints, Allison

ripped the necklace off

because of the suitcase and

as Allison grabbed her tighter, drowning

giving you back