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 Meryl in an
was freezing and terrified. She screamed for help until
kicked the
was freezing cold, and there he was, with the blizzard raging
wind, wet
she remembered him taking off his scarf and tossing
said, turning
was a hero, her first beacon of
him deeply, chasing him for
now, she was just
moved to the window, pulled out a long-forgotten number, and
the phone rang, someone called out to
"Meryl? You're back?"
glanced at her phone, ended the call, and
Bianca Stone, looked surprised and approached with a skeptical expression. "When
How ridiculous.
birthday but forgot Meryl's
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, "Oh, right. Since you've been gone for three years, your
was pushed into Lydia's room. The moment she stepped inside, the strong perfume made her
to the bathroom, trying not to
of footsteps outside the door signaled the maid's
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