Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 623:

As they disappeared, Allison let out a small, amused sigh. “Looks like our date is getting cut a bit short, Mr. Lloyd.”

The sun had begun its descent, casting a soft amber glow across the horizon. Its fading light softened the lines of her face, lending her an almost ethereal quality that took Kellan’s breath away.

He tightened his hold on her hand.

“Not at all. We still have the stars to look forward to tonight.”

He paused, and they lingered in silence as the twilight wrapped around them, casting their shadows long across the ground until they merged into one.

Allison glanced up, brushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

“Alright,” she murmured. “The stars at Sunset Hill are beautiful.”

gaze alight with quiet joy,

by what just happened.” Allison’s tone was light, almost teasing, as her gaze wandered toward

setting sun bathed the landscape in a warm, honeyed glow, stretching golden light

“Allison, I’m not here to pry into what

is where stories

his dark gaze held hers, steady and unyielding, as if silently challenging her. She felt the pull of

a secret,” she said, her

continued along the path, leaving the modern skyline behind. The buildings were swallowed up by trees and twilight. To one side, the soft glow of fading light illuminated the mountains, while on the other, dusk had already fallen, a pale sliver of the moon hanging just above

dizzying for Allison, a labyrinth of complications she rarely ventured into. “I

quiet, measured, yet every word rang out

was raised to be an assassin. My first mission was in Ashajathe, and I almost didn’t make it out. But my teacher was there. He took

dark—a tightrope walk between life and death. She was an orphan