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.”

faint smile tugged at Kellan’s

said, his expression inscrutable. “Those who met your blade were far from innocent. More people in this world deserve

words, a brutal honesty she rarely encountered—and it brought her an unexpected sense

I’m tied to you now, Mr.

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

accept her past, let alone stand beside her. Yet Kellan

wry smile, she said, “Mr. Lloyd, you seem to have a simple life. But if you follow me to

his hold

said I was living a simple life?” He

charmed by the rare playfulness in

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

Burned Islands, especially knowing that his brother had been killed by mafia