Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 730:

His last memory before blacking out lingered on the mafia’s ambush — gunfire, shouts, and searing pain. In the midst of that haze, a hand had pulled him from the brink of death, accompanied by an oddly calming presence. It was Alice.

“Yes… yes, I did,” Allison stammered, her voice trembling as though she had revisited the terror of the moment. “I got scratched by some shards when the coffee can exploded in the break room, so I picked up some bandages. Never thought I’d end up using them on you. What are the odds, right?” Her laughter was brittle, her breathing uneven as she struggled to calm herself.

“I really thought you were going to die back there. Your breathing… it was barely there.”

Deep down, she knew well that such feats were possible for test subjects. It was like a deeply ingrained instinct, suppressing their breath to diminish their presence.

He smirked, though it didn’t quite reach his eyes. “I’m not that easy to kill.”

here was courting disaster. If their pursuers caught up, his luck wouldn’t

phone,” he said, his voice devoid of

didn’t argue, her hands trembling slightly as

someone to contact. Verruckt’s fingers moved swiftly, dialing a sequence ingrained

suspected,” he said into the receiver, his tone sharp enough to cut steel. “Someone sprung the trap tonight, and they didn’t waste any time. What’s the situation on your end? Any idea who pulled the

unease. “We’ve got leads, but no concrete answers yet. Mr. Shaw, where

factory,” Verruckt replied. His eyes swept over his bloodied form and then

threat — not to him, at least — so he saw

forces from the Sanric district were all involved,” Jareth