Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 571:

He was so close, close enough to feel his heartbeat echoing in her wrist, anchoring her to the moment.

She managed a breath, steadying herself as she looked up. “I know. But, Kellan… I don’t want to belong to anyone.”

Kellan coiled his fingers tighter on hers.

“You belong to no one but yourself. And me… Ms. Clarke, I am yours, always.”

Allison’s heart thundered, each beat echoing in her ears. She was certain Kellan could hear it too, the way his gaze held hers — dark, fathomless, and utterly inescapable. His eyes were like a whirlpool, drawing her in, and the closer she got, the harder it was to resist.

Allison wasn’t made of stone. Here, in this moment, the heart she’d once thought permanently frozen was beginning to thaw.

gambled her future, her happiness, on marrying into

pulling away from one another only to find themselves irresistibly drawn back.

as steady as his gaze. “Sometimes… love is a

eyes never leaving hers, filled with an earnestness that left

the present, or whatever comes next, I

necklace, a 300-million-dollar black card, or the unspoken promise of his own life — he’d placed it all

twinkling lights outside. The city was aglow, and the

leaned in, her fingers lifting

her lips brush against

left no trace of

to accept his offer. But there was

voice low and rough, laced with an almost possessive tenderness. He cupped the back of her head,