Secrets Of The Neglected Wife: When Her True Colors Shine

Chapter 840:

When Verruckt stared at Allison, his gaze was intense and probing, as if he was looking through her at someone else. Allison kept her voice even. “Sounds like you haven’t forgotten her, Mr. Shaw.” A shiver ran up her spine. Her enemy was right there, within arm’s reach. And her secret identity could unravel at any second.

“Definitely. After all, she left countless scars on me,” Verruckt said, his smile laced with a hint of irony. Perhaps it was the stillness of the air, but a strange peace washed over him.

For the first time, he shared a slice of his past. “I was a test subject too. 001 and I, we were thrown together as both comrades and competitors.”

As he shared his tale, they sat in the dimly lit open area. No lights were on, only the soft glow from the one-way glass outside illuminating their faces.

“After the lab was destroyed by an explosion, she died. I managed to escape and eventually took up with Vrining.” His face was half-hidden in the shadows, his emotions cloaked in darkness.

“If she were alive, she’d probably give me grief for becoming someone else’s lackey.”

needle him about it, but she understood that sometimes, choices were slim. Now they

Allison kept prodding, carefully gauging his reactions. “So why sign on to run illegal experiments for Vrining?” It was a

a world of

seemed indifferent. “Hate experiments? No, my only gripe

001 wouldn’t have met her end in that

voice was low and chilling. “After my rendezvous

Verruckt’s tone. “But you don’t need to

was on the brink of a

on. When Bill and I first crossed paths, he was nothing more than a councilman. He saved my skin, and in return, I cleared out his rivals. That’s when

but his eyes were as

time, he was cooking up an addictive performance-enhancing drug behind my back and managed to slip it into

were sharpened on the deserted island, why would he