Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 554:

With each passing shot, the odds of survival dwindled, inching closer to the inevitable.

Melany’s chest rose and fell rapidly.

Panic overtook her, breaths coming in short, uneven gasps. “Wait… please, wait…” she stuttered, trying to grasp any lifeline. There was no preparation, no mental fortification for the cold terror that accompanied having a weapon aimed at her. She didn’t know when the trigger would be pulled or when that fatal click would become the end.

At that moment, she felt an unprecedented, profound fear of death.

In the silence that followed, all outside noise seemed to dissolve.

“Miss Johnson, the game waits for no one,” Kylo said, his tone devoid of sympathy.

His gaze locked onto hers, sharp and unyielding.

“A shot takes but a second to reveal life or death.”

wolf’s, and the room seemed to shrink around her under the oppressive weight of his

revolver

the tremor that

more at

shoot! I give up… I surrender!” Her voice quivered with fear, eyes wide with the

that came from staring death in the face,

millions,” Kylo

seemed ready to release its lethal

pay it… whatever it costs! Every last

voice broke, the terror draining the

even have the

how do you intend to

peered down at her, amusement hidden in the curve of his lips. But his presence cast a shadow so heavy that

Kylo shifted his aim, the revolver