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.

a static charge humming beneath every word and

grin at Allison, but his voice carried an undercurrent of something sharper. “Allison, there’s a lot of

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

strong, iron grip snap around her wrist, pulling her back with undeniable

hand was clenched tight, veins raised along his forearm, thrumming with raw

on the verge of breaking. His stance and gaze radiated the kind of threat that could pull everyone around

all the years she’d known him, even at his most furious, Kellan had always kept a leash

now, his restraint was fraying,

go.” Gordon’s smile drained, his eyes hardening

quiet, simmering violence in his gaze, an unspoken promise

a chill that cut through the

his face, Kellan’s dark

further, his easy composure slipping, overtaken by