Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 640:

Colton, visibly shaken from his time in Muisvedo, staggered slightly under her sudden embrace.

“I’m…fine,” he muttered.

“Thank God! You don’t know how worried I’ve been,” she said, her red-rimmed eyes fixed on his face. But beneath the surface, her concern was shallow; the tears were more for effect than for empathy. Colton didn’t notice—or perhaps didn’t care. His gaze drifted, eyes clouded as his thoughts sank into the darkness he’d endured these past days.

“Did… did Allison agree to let me go?” he finally asked, his voice strained.

He had never thought the ex-wife he had previously hated would show such a wild and captivating side. He seemed to have lost himself entirely in his own thoughts as well; it wasn’t only Melany.

shirt with a mix of frustration and hurt. “Colton, why don’t you

her words, Colton seemed to finally register her

somewhere else entirely, likely

a wave of jealousy, putting on an innocent,

this. It’s on me. I never should have… challenged her like that. But I didn’t realize she hated me enough to

as he looked at

“A few days ago, Lindy and I… we went to see Allison. We knelt in front of her,

whole truth, instead letting selective details settle in Colton’s mind, casting herself in the light

had her people push Lindy into the water.” Colton stared in disbelief, his eyes finally catching the faint swelling on Melany’s

my mom?”

worse,” Melany replied, biting her lip, looking on the verge of tears. “She’s in bed, completely drained from all the stress. It’s really bad, Colton. It’s not Allison’s fault… It’s mine. I shouldn’t have married into your family and upset her like I did. If I hadn’t, your mom wouldn’t be in this state.” She leaned into the pity