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.”

couldn’t have been

might have struggled to respond to Kellan’s intense gaze.

said, regaining her composure as she gestured for Kellan to

for Allison grew, though

Clarke, look around. These are my personal collection pieces. Feel free to take anything you like!” he

And that vase over there.” He swept his hand proudly across the room. “Anything

carefully lifted a beautifully carved

have a fondness for jade. This one is over four hundred years old, an

prepared to part with anything, not just out

dean of the entire academy. I mean it.” His eyes held an intensity that spoke volumes about his desire

over

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