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

sweet tone,

that people are

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

been kind to Kaelyn,

all, Kaelyn was a distant relative of

with Kellan Lloyd, the

was paralyzed, securing the crucial land

had felt grateful, almost

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

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

the family's attitude.

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

She shrugged, a casual finality in her

I won't need them

liked those vapid,

had never suited

screw up, he continued, in a cold,

The air in the room

if seeing her through a new

quickly put on an innocent mask, as if slipping into a

Miss Clarke," Kaelyn

And since she's divorced….

slap in the face! Kaelyn

struck her left cheek with such force that

eyes widened in

you hit

I felt

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

harder this time, made

cheeks were now red and swollen,

second blow caused Kaelyn to lose her balance and, as she fell to the ground, she sprained

with a

eyes, spilling over as

could let out any more complaints, Allison was on top of her

necklace off

because of the

Allison grabbed her tighter, drowning her words

now I'm giving you back what I never gave