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.

but deliberately stepped on them, dirtying them in

sickeningly sweet tone, she scoffed: Miss Clarke,

says that people are like

matter how much you wash them; the marks never truly

Kaelyn, even when she didn't

a distant relative of Colton's

made a mistake that almost brought her into conflict with Stevens family with Kellan Lloyd, the oldest

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

then, Kaelyn had felt grateful, almost

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

one thing: Colton's grandmother's favor had

the family's attitude.

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

shrugged, a casual finality in

I won't

never liked those vapid, shapeless

had never suited

continued, in a cold,

in the room

her through a new lens: his usual softness had

on an innocent

serve the Stevens family, Miss Clarke," Kaelyn said, her voice tinged with

And since she's divorced….

Kaelyn didn't have

her left cheek with such force

widened in

dare you hit

felt like

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

slap, harder this time, made Kaelyn stumble

red and

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

a face of humiliation and

spilling over as she

any more complaints, Allison was on

ripped the necklace

of the

Allison grabbed her tighter,

back what I never gave

It belonged.