Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 269: Mom, stop yapping with them! Hoyts voice trembled with rage as his mother continued to speak.

His earlier irritation had morphed into a burning fury.

Pain still shot through his wrist, his fingers feeling like they had been trapped in a vice.

There was no way he could just shrug it off.

With a dark scowl, Hoyt grabbed a baseball bat from nearby, ready to unleash his anger on Allison.

My mom might be soft enough to let this slide, but Im not cut from the same cloth.

Hoyt didnt dare go head-to-head with Kellan.

The mere thought made him grit his teeth.

Yet the bile of his anger refused to settle.

Kellan, I might be willing to overlook your little stunt, but as for Ms.

Clarke, shell pay the price.

He raised the bat, poised to strike at Allison again.

Kellan, however, let out a laugh.

Youre really a fool.

react to Kellans words before an icy dread gripped him, brought on by Kellans smile a grin that chilled the very

first time, Hoyt

man who had always been bound to a wheelchair, the one Hoyt had mocked without mercy both to his face and behind his back, calling him

earlier bravado seemed laughable

turn my back on my own blood to save a

bat, determined to

curiously, she

with an unsettling calm,

fueled his

swung the

to

he had considered being nice to her when they first crossed

the very thought repulsed

to side

as the illegitimate son of the Lloyd family, Hoyt still

eye, a powerful grip seized

could process what was happening, he

the Ah! He barely

was that Kellan

remained still throughout the chaos, as if she had known all along that Kellan would

Ms.

pressing down on Hoyts shoulder

Kellan forced Hoyt to the