Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 4

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.

during a brutal snowstorm, they

She screamed for help

kicked the door

It was freezing cold, and

the wind,

she couldn't see his face clearly, but she remembered him taking off his

take this," he said, turning

fourteen-year-old Meryl, seventeen-year-old Dalton was a

had loved him deeply,

now, she was just something he

she moved to the window, pulled out a long-forgotten number, and dialed

called out to her

"Meryl? You're back?"

ended the call,

with a skeptical expression. "When did you

How ridiculous.

remembered Lydia's birthday but forgot Meryl's

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

was pushed into Lydia's room. The moment she stepped inside, the strong perfume made her

to the bathroom, trying

sound of footsteps outside the door signaled the maid's

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