Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 401:

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The lake seemed bottomless, its freezing waters gripping them tightly, dragging them down without mercy. The sharp taste of blood lingered in the water, and before Allison could fully grasp what was happening, Kellan, the man pressed against her, had already slipped into unconsciousness.

“Kellan!” she called, panic rising.

Bubbles rose endlessly around them, forming an eerie, suffocating cage of water. Kellan’s pale face drifted in and out of view, lifeless in the swirling red.

Determined, Allison gritted her teeth and pushed deeper into the cold abyss. Her lungs screamed for air, her face drained of color, but she didn’t hesitate.

Her fingertips brushed against his face.

The icy waters dulled her senses, but Allison moved on instinct. She pressed her lips to his, transferring the breath she was holding to him.

His mind, however, was clouded, as though drifting through

an

must be the best. Look at

you can’t achieve this, forget being the future heir of

didn’t know how long he had been trapped in this nightmarish haze before he finally jolted awake. The tangled weeds at the lake’s bottom twisted around Allison’s long hair, pulling him back to

he gasped, blinking in

suddenly too aggressive—he nearly enveloped her tongue, as if desperately trying to breathe, his body

to be a life-saving breath had turned into an unexpected

on

later, with a loud splash, they both broke through the

cough…” Allison collapsed onto the shore, gasping for

the water, accompanied by

soaked and looking utterly wrecked. His

a strip from her shirt. With