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,

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came up with an idea and followed Meryl

Meryl, if you want to lose it, do it alone! Let

gaze

Then, he froze.

saw tears streaming

hit him, quickly replaced by

stairs, as Meryl and Lydia struggled, Meryl's body suddenly pitched forward and began to fall down the

even a small push sent her

to catch her, but

to her, and by the

it impossible for her to

chose to protect Lydia,

with the metal railings, each impact making

clenched her

felt she deserved

had been her mistake, and

a grim clarity hit

they watched Meryl on the floor, struggling to get up. Bianca rushed over in a panic,

a moment to gather

she

of pain was nothing new to her. After three years in prison, she had learned to endure it

once warm and loving, now had a cold detachment, as if she were looking at a