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.”

as predatory as a wolf’s, and the room seemed to shrink around her under the

the revolver tightened,

the tremor that

more at

up…

was a fear that came from staring death in the face, a fear that made everything

Johnson, the cost will be immense, hundreds of millions,” Kylo said, his words laced with an eerie calm

he held seemed ready

it… whatever it costs! Every last

broke, the terror draining the last of

have the strength

Johnson, how do you intend to pay such

of his lips. But his presence cast a shadow so

response, Kylo shifted his aim, the revolver now pointed