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.”

smile tugged

said, his expression inscrutable. “Those who met your blade were far from innocent. More people in this world deserve to die than we can count. If taking them down is

ruthless edge to his words, a brutal honesty she rarely encountered—and it

tied to you now, Mr.

survival. Hunted, nearly killed, constantly pursued for the secrets her mother left behind, she’d

would accept her past, let alone stand beside her. Yet Kellan was willing not only

her head with a wry smile, she said, “Mr. Lloyd, you seem to have a simple life. But if you follow me to Fleeingland, don’t blame me if you

tightened his hold on

said I was living a

a laugh, charmed by the rare playfulness in

you’re ruthless, cold-blooded, that you work both the legal and the

together on the Burned Islands, especially knowing that