Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 468:

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Kellan clenched his jaw, and his voice slipped out low and cold. “Get lost.”

Unfazed, Ferdinand shrugged, settling back into his seat with a faint smile. “Fine, we won’t talk about her.” He paused, then regarded Kellan thoughtfully. “But I was actually planning to drop by your office today to discuss that collaboration we talked about, only to hear you were ‘unavailable.'”

His eyes narrowed with playful suspicion. “Rumor has it you were off entertaining the Perry heiress.”

Kellan scoffed immediately. “She’s not worthy.”

Ferdinand arched an eyebrow, smirking. “True. No one quite measures up to Allison, huh?”

After the silence that followed, Kellan’s voice finally came, raw and edged with something vulnerable. “She’s leaving. To her, I’m… nothing.”

For a moment, he sat back, considering his friend. “You know, maybe the problem is you’ve

dropped. “I don’t mind

rolled his eyes, fighting the urge

feel something, you need to shake things up!” He leaned forward with a frustrated exhale. “Women… they’re always dancing around their feelings. They’ll say they don’t

glinting with an idea. “Here’s a thought—try the jealousy

his seat, staring hazily at the

to Carole, make her think twice. See how Allison reacts when someone else seems to

got to be kidding.”

movies.” With that, he settled back, clearly pleased with

scoff escaped Kellan, but he fell

his mind, Allison’s words from earlier echoed back to him, lingering with a sting he hadn’t quite shaken. “The thrill of uncertainty is addictive, but that doesn’t make

half-truths, fueled by fleeting passions and pleasures— a twisted habit

he truly craved wasn’t