Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 59:The audience was deep in thought, especially the contestants who had not been classified.

Murmurs spread as doubt began to take hold.

Maybe the contest wasn't as fair as they thought.

Melany is right.

Scarlet Snake came out of nowhere years ago, making waves in the perfume world.

How could someone who has been away for so long be just a young woman, one person murmured.

After losing that year, I did everything I could to locate the finalists.

I hired private investigators, spent a fortune, and still found nothing.

The first contest wasn't supposed to be confidential.

How could a judge recognize a contestant unless there was a violation of the rules or, worse yet, intentional cheating.

added another voice.

It was moments like this that revealed the darker side of human nature.

It was easier for them to believe in conspiracies in a supposedly rigid and fair competition than to admit their own shortcomings.

Melany knew exactly how to stoke those feelings, how to twist people's insecurities.

And now, Allison was caught in the middle, tainted by association, facing hostility no matter what she did.

Especially since she had no hard evidence to clear her name.

Rebecca, upon hearing these unfounded accusations, threw her wine glass on the floor, breaking it into pieces.

if you're so bold when you get

had seen a lot of nonsense in her life, but to face such audacity It lit a fire

him, Mack, visibly bristling at Melany's accusations, clenched his

protect

talent, I would accept

dares to question my

to see Mack so

met this

the contest, I gave her

the regulations, the judges must not

she approached me, eager

had noticed Scarlet Snake for her incessant curiosity and

was one of those rare once-in-a-lifetime talents that just needed a little push to fully understand

saw Allison…This year's game had been exciting, but

words struck a

his reputation with a lie, especially when there were other, more honorable ways to

audience wavered, caught between

calmed Rebecca's anger before turning to Mack, offering him a

sir, that you were

he straightened, and his gaze fixed on Melany with an intensity that

I am Scarlet Snake or not does not change the fact that your perfume is not a

conveniently, I

scoffed, her voice

That's impossible.

.

.

Allison's unwavering gaze made her

her imagination, but for the first time, Melany saw Allison in