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 the

sweet tone, she scoffed: Miss

grandmother always says that people are

doesn't matter how much you wash them; the

to Kaelyn, even

a

ago, when Kaelyn 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

with Kellan, who was paralyzed, securing the crucial land

had felt grateful, almost

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

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

the family's attitude.

Allison said, her eyes fixed on Colton,

casual

won't need

he'd never liked

had never suited

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

in the room

her through a new lens: his usual softness had

but she quickly put on an innocent mask, as if slipping into a role she had

Miss Clarke," Kaelyn said, her voice tinged with

And since she's divorced….

slap in the face! Kaelyn didn't

palm struck her left cheek with such force that the

eyes widened in

dare you hit

felt like

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

harder this time,

now red and swollen, the

lose her balance and, as she fell

pain, with a face of

welled in Kaelyn's eyes, spilling over as she whimpered,

Kaelyn could let out any more complaints, Allison was on top of her again, her hand gripping Kaelyn's throat

ripped the necklace off her

of the

her tighter, drowning her words in

giving you back what I never

It belonged.