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.

to pick up Allison's clothes excitedly, but

tone, she scoffed: Miss

always says that

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

to Kaelyn, even when she didn't have

all, Kaelyn was a distant

brought her into conflict with Stevens family with Kellan Lloyd, the oldest son of the Lloyd family, it was Allison who had

had negotiated a deal with Kellan, who was paralyzed,

Kaelyn had felt grateful, almost

of change within the Stevens family, Kaelyn acted as if she had never bowed

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 Colton,

shrugged, a casual finality in her

won't need them

liked

had never

people screw up, he continued, in a cold, unfamiliar voice, "they have to face the

in the room

if seeing her through a new lens: his

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

Stevens family, Miss Clarke," Kaelyn said, her

And since she's divorced….

slap in the face! Kaelyn didn't have a

her left cheek with such force that

widened

dare you

I felt like

If Mrs.

Stevens finds out….

slap! Another slap, harder this time, made

their cheeks were now red and swollen, the perfect mirror of

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

in pain, with a face

in Kaelyn's eyes, spilling over as

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

ripped the necklace off

because of the suitcase and the

Allison grabbed her tighter, drowning her

back what

It belonged.