Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 62: A chuckle ran through the room.

No one knew who started it, but soon all eyes turned to Melany, blinking with a mixture of disdain and amusement.

This time he failed! Someone whispered with a mocking smile.

How many lies does he think he can get away with? First he says he's Scarlet Snake, then he says it was just a tribute.

Now, he even suggests that Scarlet Serpent was his mentor.

Exactly! Who knows how long she's been fooling people, pretending to be someone she's not.

Shameless, absolutely shameless.

Melany opened her mouth, searching for an explanation, but the words stuck in her throat.

There was no way out.

Instinctively, her hand reached for Colton's arm for support, but he stepped back, his face reflecting disbelief and disappointment.

Colton's heart sank.

It was as if he were seeing Melany for the first time, a stranger with the face of someone he had trusted.

In his memories, she had always been kind, gentle, and understanding.

He had been by her side, defending her from everyone, believing in her without a doubt.

But now, all that confidence seemed like a lie.

What hurt him even more was the revelation that Allison had been the real Scarlet Serpent all along.

The truth hit him like a punch in the gut, more painful than it had ever been.

imagined.

With her eyes filled with tears, Melany whispered: Colton, please, let me explain.

.

.

But how was I going to do it? Even she was tangled in the web of his deception, too far away to untangle.

Now.

birth to many,

murmurs grew louder, Melany knew that any defense she mounted

couldn't stay

not

his

always admired Scarlet Snake," he declared, his voice

as if she were the

found out about her perfume, it inspired me to try to recreate

no idea

sorry

be a victim of

intention to claim someone else's

only entered the contest

meant any harm or

hardened expression softened, his defenses

fault, he murmured, almost

the woman I shared a

you couldn't know

much like an effort

to be Allison's

years, deceiving him in ways that now hurt him even

what Melany did

none of this would have gotten out

shot a venomous look

offer you two hundred thousand dollars

an offer, the crowd instinctively recoiled,

to believe Colton's audacity, even now, trying to buy his way out of a

knew Which wasn't the most elegant solution, but with the contest results finalized and Melany securing

still become

to let

to buy the formula

could silence even the

out with a mocking laugh, his

some money around and

.

.

do you think that formula is worth You couldn't touch it with

in, her voice full