Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 74: On a bridge near the Jazmín restaurant, tensions were running high.

Melany, please go down first.

We need to talk about this, Colton shouted as he hurried to catch up with her, only to find her perched precariously on the edge of the bridge.

In her white dress, Melany was puffy-eyed and sorrowful, her frail figure swaying on the railing, the roaring river behind her.

a heartbeat away beneath her.

Colton, ever since that perfume contest, I feel like your spark for me has gone out.

You don't trust me anymore.

You forgot about my stomach pain as if it didn't matter.

Melany's complexion was ghostly, as delicate as a butterfly about to fall.

I have never confessed to being a Scarlet Serpent, and I won my championship fairly.

I just wanted to make you proud.

You have any idea how much I've wanted to be Scarlet Serpent.

I just want to support you, even if it's just a little.

I'm always up for it.

Her voice trembled, thick with emotion, as if she were saying her last words.

I became so consumed by Scarlet Snake's perfumes that I became lost in daydreams.

I'm sorry to have caused you to lose that association with the Everett Group.

If she had known that Allison was Scarlet Snake, she would never have made such a silly mistake.

Tears ran down her cheeks as she pretended to wish Colton well.

Jasmine Restaurant, what

love her, I can

only person I have ever loved

leaned even further

Colton exclaimed,

to carry her away, and he realized that

washed over him like a

care about

reason I wanted to partner with the Everett Group is that I

you! But Melany

I do this for

I would have given my

I even got a scar on my back for

don't doubt me, Melany pleaded, gripping the railing as desperation

not, I'd

the restaurant to hold Allison's hand, what tormented Melany most was whether she could ever fully

Let's talk about this.

do

like it was

the edge of the bridge, every slight movement grated on his

guilt as she recalled the incident that had

ago, I almost

to rescue me, I wouldn't be here

also left a scar on Melany, a painful reminder of her love for

Colton, filled him

had sworn to protect Melany at

no longer dared blame her or argue about who was right and who

risked her life to save him, he would have been lost for a long

may have doubted you, but leaving

were away, I clung

shone as

desperate, and he could barely remember the urgency

was of the girl who had led him through dark alleys as they fled for

only person he had trusted was that young woman, a