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.”

to needle him about it, but she understood that sometimes, choices were slim. Now they stood on opposing sides,

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

world of

experiments? No, my

subject 001 wouldn’t have met

chilling. “After my rendezvous with Mayor

detected the resolve in Verruckt’s tone. “But you don’t need to play his game anymore; you’re already

that she was on the brink of

saved my

was soft, but his eyes

an addictive performance-enhancing drug behind my back and managed to slip it

Verruckt’s capabilities were sharpened on the deserted island, why would he need such a