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.

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.

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

Now.

given birth to many, and

that any defense she mounted would crumble under the weight

couldn't stay there,

to save something, if not his

to his knees and raised his hand in

Snake,"

as if she

found out about her perfume, it inspired me

idea Allison was

very sorry for any

be a

was never my intention to claim someone

only entered the contest

any harm or

his

not your fault, he murmured, almost as if convincing

didn't even realize that my ex-wife, the woman I

you couldn't know that

seemed so much like an effort to justify her

to

these years, deceiving

voice filled with cold resolution, what Melany did was just a improvement, not

none of this would

a venomous

that award-winning formula of yours I offer you two

such an offer, the crowd instinctively recoiled,

now, trying to

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

could still become an

wasn't going to

was to buy the

money could silence even

out with a mocking laugh, his

You think you can just wave some money around and fix this Do you have any idea

.

.

touch it with two million, much less two hundred thousand, Kellan said, his voice

chimed in, her voice full of