Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 786:

“Get in,” Verruckt instructed, holding the car door open for her.

Allison stepped inside, her face expressionless, masking her thoughts. Displaying too much eagerness or any hint of infatuation would surely turn Verruckt off — she couldn’t risk it. She believed Verruckt’s fascination with her stemmed from his desire for the unattainable. Those who had chased him had always met unfortunate ends.

Verruckt broke the silence with a grave tone. “The neighboring banquet has tight security tonight, and Josh will be there. Your altercation with Fiona was a convenient excuse for me to leave early.” That was when it clicked for Allison.

Why had Fiona appeared just after Verruckt had left? It seemed he had been manipulating her from the start. But this was not surprising, as Verruckt was not a good person.

Yet here she was, playing the naive Alice, chiding herself silently. “Really? You anticipated Fiona would cause trouble for me?”

mistaken for petulance by an outsider. “And that kiss — you didn’t

blunt. “What of it? Alice, by signing that contract at the research institute, you agreed to my terms, and you

immediate — a sharp slap across his face. The sound resonated

into fiction with

tears welling up in her eyes. “I never consented to be anything more

smug expression dissolve into surprise at her defiance. Allison was

island lab, whenever he incensed her, he would provocatively offer to let her slap him, assuring her of his nonresistance. A heavy silence enveloped the car. The driver sat petrified, scarcely daring to breathe, feigning ignorance of the tense drama

that seemed to emanate from him, further unnerving the already frightened driver. The driver shuddered, his thoughts racing — was Alice playing with fire? He gripped the steering wheel, the cold seeping

eyes glowing red in the dim light, reminiscent of molten lava seething under