Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 624:

How did things end up like this? Just a strange twist of fate. “As long as it remains, it feels like… a part of her is still here, with me.”

Kellan had listened intently from beginning to end. He held Allison’s fingers tightly.

“Then I’ll be here with you, too.” His voice was husky and possessive.

When their eyes met, there was something raw in his gaze that nearly unsettled her. “Allison, thank you for telling me.”

It was a gesture of trust, of baring her soul to him.

She teased, “I thought you might ask if I’d ever killed innocents, just to be safe.”

tugged at

were far from innocent. More people in this world deserve to die than we can count. If taking

brutal honesty she rarely encountered—and it brought her an unexpected

to you now, Mr.

by choice, merely survival. Hunted, nearly killed, constantly pursued for the

years, she had never thought anyone would accept her past, let alone stand beside her. Yet Kellan was willing not only to accept it

simple life. But if you follow me to

only tightened his hold on

living a

charmed by the

course I know,” she replied. “The Lloyds aren’t exactly known for their innocence. Rumor has it you’re ruthless, cold-blooded, that you work both the legal and the underworld with ease, and even have ties to

together on the Burned Islands, especially