Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 583:

So ungrateful, she mused. But she softened her voice, trying again. “If anything happens to Colton, Keanu will be devastated. Surely you wouldn’t be so heartless, would you?”

She dabbed at imaginary tears, feigning sorrow like a seasoned performer. “Allison, think about it. Keanu is not young anymore. Do you want him to keep worrying himself sick over family matters?”

Allison watched Lindy, barely able to contain the irony that simmered beneath her composure. This was the same Lindy who had always kept up a flawless, poised facade for the world — a woman who now grasped desperately at emotional manipulation, hoping to play Allison’s sympathy like a puppet.

But Allison had no sympathy left for manipulation. She remembered something, a faint smile touching her lips as she leaned in.

“Is that so? Funny. From what I heard, Keanu is off vacationing overseas. He didn’t pay any attention after knowing about the casino incident.”

Lindy’s mouth opened, then closed, her shock barely concealed. She stammered, momentarily robbed of words. Her manipulative script was disrupted!

that much was painfully

a second thought, she dropped to her knees in front of Allison, unfazed by the curious stares of onlookers

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Please, I’m begging you. Save Colton. He’s just a kid — everyone

noticing,

with so many witnesses — public opinion was a powerful weapon. At that moment, Melany chimed in, her own voice soft and almost mournful

right, Allison. Since you have time for a date,

words floated out, laced

Lindy placed a hand over her chest, her face painted with feigned

anything, not once, in all the years

hurried to Lindy’s side, as though attempting to hold her

The two women knelt there orchestrating the perfect despair. The crowd thickened, necks craning to get a better view, their quiet