Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 457:

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Her gaze flickered briefly to his shoulder, where a bandage peeked out from beneath his shirt. “Besides, you’re not even fully healed.”

Her words settled in the space between them, a stillness that seemed to sink deep into Kellan’s chest.

His face clouded, a shadow of realization washing over him. She wasn’t just holding him back; she was pulling away.

Allison lifted her hand in a casual wave that said everything she wouldn’t. “Well, goodbye, Kellan.”

Without looking back, she stepped away, her silhouette fading into the dusk. For a moment, her reflection lingered in the rearview mirror, and then she was gone.

escaping his lips. “What’s wrong with me?” he murmured, leaning back

cigarette from his pocket, flicking his lighter. The flame danced in

smoked, but tonight the burn felt

long drag, watching the ember glow. It only made him feel more suffocated. He doubled over and

of the cigarette pulsed like an open wound, the heat searing yet adding to

he watched the smoke twist into the night and let his gaze drift to Allison’s villa in the

against the ashtray with a final

the Herbert estate, Gordon absentmindedly snapped stems from the flower bed, his mind clearly elsewhere. When Allison’s call interrupted his thoughts, his face immediately

mind — I was just thinking about you, and here you are!” Standing by the expansive floor-to-ceiling window in his room, Gordon spoke with excitement, his usual serious

as Allison’s

my mother. I’ll send you the information as soon as I finish compiling it,” she said, her fingers flying