Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 492:

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Allison’s words dripped with thinly veiled sarcasm, and Gordon’s smile widened, though his eyes remained cold as he looked at Carole.

“Precisely, Miss Perry. Perhaps your time would be better spent persuading Mr. Lloyd to stop bothering Allison. I might even send you a thank-you gift for your trouble.”

A thank-you gift?

Carole saw nothing but blatant hostility in Gordon’s eyes. At that moment, a chill ran through her, as though a wolf was closing in on her. She instinctively took a step back, only to hit the corner of the table, jolting her and causing her face to pale with pain.

“N-no… that won’t be necessary,” she stammered.

Gordon had been brave enough to offer it, but there was no way she’d feel comfortable accepting it.

room thickened, a static charge humming beneath

sharper. “Allison, there’s a lot of noise

hand, resting on the table, appeared oddly pristine, unmarred except for faint

Allison replied, beginning to rise, only to feel a strong, iron

tight, veins raised along his forearm, thrumming

like a storm on the verge of breaking. His stance and gaze radiated the kind of threat that could pull everyone around him into a

at his most furious, Kellan

his restraint was fraying, unraveling in

smile drained, his eyes hardening as he squared

a quiet, simmering violence in his gaze, an unspoken

dropped to a chill

shadowed cast of his face, Kellan’s dark gaze met

darkened further, his easy composure slipping, overtaken by a