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

sweet tone, she

that people are like

doesn't matter how much you wash them;

Kaelyn, even when

all, Kaelyn was a distant

family with Kellan Lloyd, the oldest son of the Lloyd

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

then, Kaelyn had felt

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

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

the family's attitude.

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

She shrugged, a casual finality in her

I won't need them

he'd never liked those vapid, shapeless

had never suited

a cold, unfamiliar voice,

The air in the

time, Colton looked at Allison as if seeing her through a new lens: his usual softness had been

quickly put on an innocent mask, as if slipping into

Miss Clarke," Kaelyn said, her voice tinged with

And since she's divorced….

the face! Kaelyn didn't have a chance to

cheek with such force that the sound echoed

widened

you hit

felt like

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

this

their cheeks were now red and

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

in pain, with a face of

welled in Kaelyn's eyes, spilling over

Allison

ripped the necklace

the suitcase and

face flushed as Allison grabbed her tighter, drowning

I'm giving you back what

It belonged.