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.

clothes excitedly, but deliberately stepped

sickeningly sweet tone, she scoffed:

always says that people are like

stained, it doesn't matter how much

Kaelyn, even

Kaelyn was a distant relative of

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

was paralyzed, securing the crucial land

had

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

grandmother's favor had gone astray, and

the family's attitude.

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

She shrugged, a casual

won't need them

never liked those vapid,

had never

screw up, he continued, in a cold, unfamiliar voice, "they have

The air in

her through a new lens: his usual softness had been replaced

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

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

And since she's divorced….

in the face! Kaelyn

such force that the

widened

dare you hit

felt

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

slap, harder this time, made

and swollen, the perfect mirror of each

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

with a face of

Kaelyn's eyes, spilling over as

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

the necklace off her

of the suitcase

as Allison grabbed her

now I'm giving you back

It belonged.