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.

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

time, Hoyt saw Kellan

Hoyt had mocked without mercy both to his face and behind his back, calling him crippled was now standing, perfectly

earlier bravado

Im no genius, but at least I dont turn my back on my own blood to

determined to

she

at him with an unsettling calm, as

fueled

swung the bat down

to regret messing

how, at one point, he had considered being nice to her when they first

very thought repulsed

had chosen to

Even as the illegitimate son of the Lloyd family, Hoyt still

of an eye,

process what was happening, he was hurled to the

Ah! He

he knew was that Kellan was fast

as if she had known all along

Ms.

down on Hoyts shoulder as

forced Hoyt to