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.

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

a sickeningly sweet tone,

says that people are

a person's clothes are stained, it doesn't matter how much you wash them; the marks never truly go

to Kaelyn, even when

was a distant relative of Colton's

when Kaelyn had made a mistake that almost brought her into conflict with Stevens family with Kellan Lloyd,

who was paralyzed, securing the crucial land for the

Kaelyn had felt grateful,

by the winds of change within the Stevens family, Kaelyn acted as if

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

the family's attitude.

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

She shrugged, a casual

I won't

liked those vapid,

had never suited

screw up, he continued, in a cold, unfamiliar voice,

The air in the room

at Allison as if seeing her through a new lens: his usual softness had

on an innocent mask,

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

And since she's divorced….

face! Kaelyn didn't

left cheek with such force

eyes widened

you

I felt

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

this time, made

red and swollen, the perfect mirror

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

in pain, with a face

Kaelyn's eyes, spilling over

gone too far!" But before Kaelyn could let out any more complaints, Allison was

necklace

because of the suitcase and the

her tighter, drowning her

back what I never