Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 117: After descending the winding mountain road, Allison headed her car back toward Muisvedo, her attention divided between driving and a phone conversation with the director of the MDH Pharmaceutical Research Institute.

So, you're telling me that The drug is still in the experimental phase.

How much time do we have left, he asked, his voice high with impatience.

If Allison wanted to discover the truth about Kinslee, she first had to find a way to treat his condition.

Alzheimer's.

Miss Clarke, as you know, Alzheimer's research is a difficult path.

We have been working on it for years, but there are no quick solutions.

That said, we have made progress.

The drug is advancing in trials, but it requires more time, the voice on the other end explained cautiously.

Allison knew there were no shortcuts: rushing could have disastrous results.

He couldn't afford to use an unreliable treatment on Kinslee.

After a brief conversation, she ended the call and turned her attention back to the road.

When she finally reached Muisvedo, the warehouse that housed the server loomed before her, hidden in a maze of alleys and parked cars.

As he exited the vehicle, his attention was drawn to a huge electronic billboard across the street.

Its colorful poster advertised a series of comics.

New series by original artist Onyx Jiménez, now on sale! Several young women with megaphones were enthusiastically promoting the latest news.

Nearby, a group of fans was buzzing with enthusiasm.

Onyx Jiménez is incredible.

He's the sexiest comic book artist there is, one of them exclaims.

Yes, and I've heard that he's young - he's barely twenty - and very easy on the eyes.

Plus, her stories are great, another added.

something about the art style of the

up one of the comics and flipped through

turn, his expression hardened and his

back instinctively, feeling the unspoken tension radiating

the flow, the plot… it was all

drafts of his Leswington days, now repackaged under a different

traced the title:

dry laugh escaped

was an old acquaintance, the

cartoonist really is

asked a nearby girl, her voice carefree but with a

blinked in surprise

Onyx Jiménez is taking

he will have a signing event at the

you like her work, you should check

Allison mused, putting down

something as fun

you

No.

been working behind his back and pulled a trick like this, there was no chance he wanted her to

Everything fell into place.

that Onix would have

she probably never thought their paths would cross again, especially not in

when Allison would have barged in,

days were behind

her priority was

Muisvedo, Allison returned home, washed off the day in a steamy shower, and lay on the bed, muttering under her

even a

exhaust her more

she let her eyes get lost in the moonlight that spilled

to the mountain that awaited her: the

like a thorn in his side, there was

get on

take Kinslee abroad to receive the treatment he

was the Charisma Company: every corner of its

could be