Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 424:

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Beneath her traditional dress, bruises from yesterday’s beating ached, a secret she hid well. The dress was supposed to impress Keanu, but now it felt more like armor — a mask to hide her shame.

She despised Allison. She hated her with all her body and soul. No matter what she did, Allison always seemed one step ahead, leaving her trapped in her shadow.

“I’m curious, Allison — do you really think your skills surpass Mr. Sugden’s? Are you so confident you can find his mistakes?”

The challenge was as sharp as broken glass, designed to cut deep.

Louis, not one to be left out, chimed in with a mocking grin. “Exactly. We can restore sixty percent of the painting. So, Ms. Clarke, what can you do? Seventy? Maybe eighty?”

Not even an inch.

Bang!

came down hard on the table, rattling

inside him. “What did you just say? Ninety-five?! Now that’s rich! You must be delusional to boast like

couldn’t shake the growing certainty that the woman standing before him was lying through

vivid in his mind. “He worked tirelessly for seven days and nights. Even then, he only managed to

world? But Allison didn’t flinch. Instead, she met his stare with a cool, unwavering gaze. “So?” she asked, her tone sharp as a scalpel. “Can’t you do

like a slap, and Louis felt his face burn with embarrassment. Of course,

had the kind of talent FrameMaker did, he wouldn’t be standing here, stuck

that? Out loud?

is one of the best,” he hedged, his voice losing some of its earlier bravado.

into the faintest of smiles. She could see right through him. The man had more