Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 214: Devins eyes were bloodshot, veins protruding in thin red lines.

Yet his voice remained eerily calmtoo controlled for someone teetering on the edge.

Dont worry, Miss Johnson.

All I want is a hundred thousand in cash.

Im sure thats not a problem for someone like you.

Of course, what he really desired was a face-to-face meeting.

Meet me at the third alley off 1st Avenue.

Youve got three hours.

If you dont show up with the money, dont blame me for sending the recordings to Allison and the others.

Melanys face twisted in fury, her knuckles whitening as she gripped her phone.

Are you out of your mind? A hundred thousand in cash? How can you But before she could finish her sentence, the line went dead.

With a hiss of frustration, Melany threw the phone down and began pacing.

I shouldve known better than to get involved with that madman! she muttered angrily.

But this wasnt the time for regrets.

She had to get those recordings back.

If they ended up in Allisons or, worse, Kellans hands… no, she couldnt risk it.

If Colton or Lindy found out about her shady dealings with Devin, shed be out of the Stevens family without a second thought.

Determined, Melany quickly moved to gather the cash.

After packing the money into a heavy suitcase, she donned dark sunglasses and a hat, and headed to the alleyone devoid of security cameraswhere she was to meet Devin.

When she spotted the short, stocky figure of the man, her face twisted with disgust.

she snapped, shoving

Give me the recordings.

out of

Her jaw tightened.

Pathetic loser.

Greedy leech.

hundred thousand, and were

to blackmail me again, or youll

took slow, deliberate steps toward

loomed

is for me to take the money and disappear? His voice was low,

Easy enough.

you the

tone was calm, almost agreeable, but his mind was working

really thought he was

now, but the second his back was turned, theyd come for

learned his lesson after the

time, Melany wouldnt get a chance to make a

stopping just

out, a cloth soaked in chloroform clamped over Melanys mouth

you think you are, right? he

handle

anticipated the

fingers

She couldnt scream.

She couldnt fight.

vision blurred, then

consciousness slipped away, one thought echoed

the world

loomed ominously, and

Panic surged within her.

needed to play her

didnt have a choice! Were in this together, remember? Ive kept every promise I made to you,

Its Allisons fault.