Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 707:

Allison had been in Verruckt’s office for barely half a day when whispers began to spread like wildfire outside. The rumor mill churned rapidly, with many taken aback by the news. A female cleaner — promoted?

The chatter eventually made its way to the first floor.

“Things are getting stranger by the minute. I hear Mr. Shaw has hired a new secretary,” one person remarked, half-focused on their work.

“A secretary? I didn’t hear anything about a new hire. How’d she land the job?” another voice questioned.

“Seriously? You must be joking. Mr. Shaw hired her himself, of course. Who else could pull that off?” came the confident reply.

entered, his toolbox in hand, having

this room is on the fritz. I’m here on behalf of the maintenance department,” he said, his

before, immediately sprang to her feet and beckoned him over. “Yes, the air conditioner’s broken,” she

but no one ever

heard there’ve been a lot of power outages lately. The microwave in basement level one was

female researcher nodded in agreement, her expression weary. She then eyed Kellan and asked, “But your uniform doesn’t look like it belongs

department,” Kellan answered modestly, “but I know a little about electrical repairs, so I was temporarily assigned to the maintenance

spark of recognition lighting up her face. “Wait, I remember now! I heard a cleaner

turned to Kellan, their eyes drawn to the small white bandage wrapped around his

offering a matter-of-fact explanation. “I got burned by an electrical spark