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.
snowstorm, they
screamed for help until she lost her voice, but
kicked the
was freezing cold, and there he
in the wind, wet hair sticking to
she remembered him taking off his scarf and tossing it to
this," he said, turning away without
a hero,
him deeply,
now, she was just something
to the window,
called out to
"Meryl? You're back?"
at her phone, ended the call, and turned
looked surprised and approached with a skeptical expression.
How ridiculous.
remembered Lydia's birthday but forgot
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, "Oh, right. Since you've been
moment she stepped inside, the strong perfume made her stomach
bathroom, trying not to
of footsteps outside the door signaled the maid's arrival with
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