Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 570:

Allison froze, caught in the gravity of his gaze as if she’d fallen into the deep pools of his eyes.

They were close — close enough that her heartbeat merged with the quiet rise and fall of his breath.

“Mr. Lloyd,” she murmured, looking away, “maybe you’re mistaking desire for something deeper…”

He interrupted her. “If that were true, don’t you think I’d have found someone else in all the time we were apart?” After all, they had met through a one-night stand, and their subsequent encounters had felt like a reckless affair. To Allison, it had all seemed like a frenzied connection between two people avoiding real attachment. In her eyes, there was no real love involved.

But Kellan was certain it wasn’t like that.

“Before I met you, I didn’t believe in any of it. I grew up hating what people called love, despising it because of my father’s betrayal and my mother’s early death. But because of you… all of that changed.”

around him. “It’s not some passing thrill, Allison. It’s you. You make me lose control. You’re the only one who’s ever been able to reach me

and the night outside seemed to deepen, casting a dark,

light from outside stretched and danced, casting their shadows into one another, creating a dim, almost romantic haze. He took her hand again, lifting it between them, cradling

.

told you once that you were

the window, highlighting the

pulse a steady thrum

glow into their small cabin. Kellan’s fingers slid over hers, and he brought her hand to his chest,

“I heard somewhere that if you make a promise at the top of

of a bell sounded as the wheel reached its zenith. A streak of lightning split the darkness,

was still on her, half-hidden in the

Both could feel their mingling breaths. “No matter where life takes us or the obstacles we face… I’ll be there. This promise is forever.” The world stilled, silent and intense as their reflections gazed back at