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.”

was a fleeting luxury, and staying here was courting disaster. If

your phone,” he said, his

argue, her hands trembling slightly as

he had someone to contact. Verruckt’s fingers moved swiftly, dialing a

steel. “Someone sprung the trap tonight, and they didn’t waste any time. What’s the situation on your end? Any idea who pulled

frazzled, his words laced with unease. “We’ve got leads, but

tower, at an abandoned factory,” Verruckt replied. His eyes swept over his bloodied form and then

not to him, at least —

is that Immortality Pharmaceuticals, the mafia, and the old forces from the Sanric district were all involved,” Jareth explained. “Oh, and that gang run by the one-eyed