Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 553:

The nausea bubbled in her throat.

Fighting the urge to vomit, she raised the gun, the sweat slipping from her fingertips. “I can do this,” she murmured to herself as if trying to convince her trembling limbs.

Following the sequence, she was supposed to aim at Kylo, the next participant.

But hesitation rooted her to the spot.

She did not want to gamble with the one-in-a-million chance of survival or death.

The thought of pulling that trigger and potentially ending the life of the president of Muisvedo made her freeze.

If Kylo were shot, if she, Melany, killed him, she’d be signing her own death warrant. Andres and his enforcers would come for her without mercy, and the numerous power factions within and beyond Muisvedo would rip her apart.

a pit of vipers, ready to strike

hand quiver uncontrollably as she

it aloft, the dull

contrast, who the gun was trained on, looked unfazed. His voice, deep and composed, cut through her

don’t be

Melany couldn’t reply.

mind repeated one

could she relax at

possible that she would

these lunatics readily agree to this

those around her weighed as heavily as the ocean, pressing down upon Melany. With

to take a

clenched her jaw, and squeezed her eyes shut as she took

the unmistakable sound of a misfire. It