Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 6 Raking up the Past

"Yeah, I did time." Meryl's eyes scanned the crowd, finally landing on Lydia.

Lydia reached out to grab her hand. "Meryl, stop saying that. I just spoke without thinking, okay?"

Meryl pulled back, avoiding Lydia's touch, yanking her hand away.

Suddenly, Lydia stepped on the hem of her dress and fell to the ground.

The fall was hard, and shards from a broken glass on the floor hadn't been cleaned up yet.

Dalton immediately rushed over, pushing through the crowd to help Lydia up.

Her hand was a bloody mess, with shards embedded in her skin.

Dalton's eyes blazed with anger as he glared at Meryl. "Meryl, you never learn! I warned you..."

Meryl's heart skipped a beat. She knew Dalton didn't care about her, but seeing him protect another woman still hurt.

"What did I do? I just pulled my hand away. She fell on her own."

Seeing their hands clasped together, Meryl felt a pang of irony. She lowered her gaze, gently touching a spot on her chest where a pendant hung, a gift from someone long ago.

moments of despair, she had clung to that pendant

looked up again, her eyes were

continued, "Yeah, I

turned pale as

Meryl's past, Bianca also suspected

Lydia apologize and try to cover it up, she believed i was

up and

smooth things over. "Meryl, you've had too much to drink. Let them help you upstairs to sober up." But Meryl

her disappear without a trace. Why would I leave

sharp slap echoed

emerged from his study,

nonsense right

but

first grabbed her. Why take her to an abandoned factory? It doesn't add

spread through the room as people glanced at Lydia, who bit

everyone, turning them into a spectacle. His one daughter ended up in prison, and the other was nearly assaulted all because of a bitter feud between sisters. It was the kind of scandal that made for juicy gossip in high society. Tears streamed down Lydia's face, her shoulders trembling as she sobbed

out a cold laugh,

to her own

they had agreed to send Meryl to prison to teach her a lesson because she had refused to admit her mistake, and they thought she was

in prison. They believed this might be the only way to set Meryl straight,

Camille, who had also raised a gambling,