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.”

seemed to shrink around her under

revolver

back the

at

desperation overtaking reason. “No… don’t shoot! I give up… I surrender!” Her voice quivered with fear, eyes wide with the realization of her

death in the face, a fear that

immense, hundreds of millions,” Kylo

he held seemed ready to release its lethal promise

pay it… whatever it costs! Every last cent… just don’t pull

broke, the terror draining the

didn’t even have the strength

Miss Johnson, how do you intend to pay such a huge amount

of

could form a response, Kylo shifted his aim, the revolver now pointed at