Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 451:

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The hidden tools he’d stashed away suddenly made sense to her, as if they had been waiting for this very moment — to make this aloof and detached man surrender, to bend the unyielding.

Allison pushed the wild thoughts aside, a wry smile playing on her lips.

“You sure have a talent for jokes, don’t you?”

With a soft chuckle, she eased the tension in the air, just as a young worker hurried over, breaking the moment with perfect timing.

“Ms. Clarke,” he said, slightly out of breath, “Mr. Astley would like to see you both in his office. He mentioned there’s something important he wants to discuss.”

timing couldn’t have

struggled to respond to Kellan’s intense gaze. She blinked, collecting herself, then gave a

her composure

grew,

collection pieces. Feel free to take anything you

bangle, gold filigree lantern earrings, a long, auspicious hairpin… And that vase

he carefully lifted a beautifully carved jade

four hundred years old, an ancient and rare piece I acquired

just out of gratitude, but because

getting on in years, and I worry this craft will die out. If you’d stay here as a lecturer, I promise you could become the dean of the entire academy. I mean it.” His

over the

turned back to him. “Roderick, I’m honored, but I can’t accept