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

idea and followed Meryl

are you doing? Meryl, if you want to lose it, do it alone!

gaze swept

Then, he froze.

streaming down

hit

the chaos at the top of the stairs, as Meryl and Lydia struggled, Meryl's

even a

but

by the time he turned

it impossible for her to steady

that moment, as Dalton chose to

fall was brutal. She collided with the metal railings, each

her teeth

felt she deserved

Dalton had been her mistake, and now she was paying the

she fell, a grim

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

a moment to gather herself, Meryl

but she

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

loving, now had a cold detachment,