Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 463:

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“Come on, Kellan, you must be starving… Oh, my apologies, I didn’t realize Ms. Clarke was here too.” Carole finally seemed to take notice of Allison.

“I only brought two lunches, so… how about this? Kellan and I can share one, and we can give the other to Ms. Clarke.” Her tone was light, almost friendly, as she nonchalantly slid the lunch box onto Kellan’s desk.

But before Carole could even settle into a chair, Kellan dismissed her outright.

“Carole, it’s good you’re back, but you should know that our engagement ended a long time ago.”

Steam rose from the polished black surface of his desk, the aroma of the rich, tempting dishes barely offsetting the chill in Kellan’s tone—a coldness that cut right to the bone.

Maybe it was just her imagination, but Carole thought his gaze held an eerie, unapproachable iciness.

come here to make her mark, to reclaim her

understand. “Of course I remember! But what can I say?” Carole shrugged with feigned innocence. “Ever

Kellan. It’s not like I’m here out of some long-lost affection. It’s just to keep my parents off my

that, Carole opened the lunch box, took a deliberate taste of the vegetables, her exaggerated expression of delight almost

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need to be bashful

didn’t accept it. His

food with people I don’t

idea of kissing once seemed distasteful to him—a simple, unnecessary exchange of saliva. But ever since meeting Allison, his body had betrayed him with its yearning. Something about her stirred an ache in him, a desire he hadn’t known, fierce

the press of her lips to the thrill in his veins, he

in his voice left no room for

For her, this was uncharted territory. She’d never faced such blunt

seemed thoroughly uninterested in the awkward scene playing out