Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 701:

Allison’s pulse quickened as her chin was held in place, her gaze locked with his predatory glare. His eyes weren’t just looking at her — they were dissecting her, peeling back layers of artifice with an intensity that sent shivers racing down her spine.

“Yes… yes,” she stammered, her voice trembling as though weighed down by the heaviness of his scrutiny.

She knew what he was looking for. Any flicker of a lie, any shimmer of deception — a glimmer of a hidden lens tucked in the depths of her eyes.

Tilting her head slightly, she mustered a pitiable expression, her lips quivering with just the right touch of fear.

“I thought you were asking about that incident earlier, which is why I lied. But I swear, I don’t know anything about assassins.”

Their faces lingered close — too close — and their mingled breaths wove an invisible thread between them.

have carried a hint of intimacy in these researchers’ eyes. After all, their boss

the reality was as far from affection as one

is where

danger personified, a presence so heavy that it warped the air around

footage confirms that Alice did enter the break room. However, due to the power outage, there’s

rolling off him in

he snapped, his tone leaving no

“Yes, sir.”

ever attuned to the tempest brewing within his boss, sensed the gathering storm. A volatile Verruckt was a dangerous Verruckt, and

see