Chapter 4 Trophy Wife
The other guy laughed. "But Meryl's a real knockout, isn't she? With that face and figure, she'd turn heads anywhere. Keeping her around as a trophy wife wouldn't be so bad."
He glanced at Dalton, tossing a card onto the table. "Dalton, are you really okay with letting someone else have her?"
Dalton finally spoke, his tone flat and uninterested. "You want her? She's yours."
The guy was taken aback, unsure if Dalton was serious or just messing with him, and chuckled awkwardly.
"Everyone knows Meryl's been devoted to you. She's followed you around all these years. I guess I'm not that lucky."
Outside the door, Meryl was stunned, her face twisting into a bitter smile.
It was well known that she loved Dalton, but hearing him casually offer her up like a prize was a painful blow.
The sting of humiliation made her eyes well up. She clenched her fists tightly, feeling overwhelmed by a suffocating sense of betrayal.
She remembered being fourteen, new to the city from a small town.
Her dad, Malcolm Stone, had put her in an elite school.
It was supposed to be a fresh start, but Lydia Stone's schemes ruined it fast.
day, during a brutal snowstorm, they locked
terrified. She screamed for help until she lost her voice, but
Dalton kicked the
could still picture it clear as day. It was freezing cold, and there he
wind, wet hair sticking to
she
this," he said, turning
Meryl, seventeen-year-old Dalton was a hero, her first beacon
moment, she had loved him
now, she was just something he could
she moved to the window, pulled out a long-forgotten number,
the phone rang, someone called
"Meryl? You're back?"
her phone, ended the call, and turned to see who
approached with a
How ridiculous.
birthday
weight," she said, frowning as she looked Meryl over. "A little hardship can be good for you. It teaches you lessons. Your father and I won't hold the past against you. Today's both your and your sister's birthday. Change into a dress quickly." Then, as if remembering something, she added,
The moment she stepped inside, the strong
to the bathroom, trying
sound of footsteps outside the door signaled the maid's arrival with
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