Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 8 Canceling the Engagement

Just then, Meryl's phone buzzed, but it was on silent.

She missed three calls without even realizing it.

Bianca noticed and went pale.

Watching Meryl gulp down the drink, she feared it might be poisoned and that Meryl could collapse right there.

Frantic, Bianca told someone to call an ambulance.

At that moment, a servant from the kitchen came out, saying, "I added something to Ms. Lydia Stone's drink. She said she wasn't feeling well, so I put in some vitamins."

The servant looked a lot like Meryl, and everyone realized there had been a huge misunderstanding.

But the drama was far from over.

Meryl suddenly grabbed Lydia's wrist and dragged her towards.

the stairs.

Her behavior was erratic, almost as if she had lost her mind.

Lydia tried to pull away, but seeing Dalton chasing after them,

8 Canceling the

up with an idea and followed Meryl

to lose it, do it alone! Let go!" Dalton shouted, grabbing Meryl and pulling

gaze swept over

Then, he froze.

tears streaming down Meryl's

hit him, quickly replaced by

the stairs, as Meryl and Lydia struggled, Meryl's

so light that even a small push sent

her, but just as he reached out,

to her, and by the time he turned

injured ankle made it impossible for her

as Dalton chose

with the metal railings,

her teeth and

she

her mistake, and now she was paying the

she fell, a grim

wild, scrambling to call an ambulance as they watched Meryl on the floor, struggling to

a moment to gather herself, Meryl slowly stood

was still spinning, but she stayed silent, bearing the pain

new to her. After three years in prison, she had learned to endure it

had a cold detachment, as if she were looking