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,

Canceling the

an idea and followed Meryl

doing? Meryl, if you want to lose it, do it alone! Let go!" Dalton shouted, grabbing Meryl and pulling

cold gaze

Then, he froze.

streaming down Meryl's

hit him, quickly replaced by

the top of the stairs, as Meryl and Lydia struggled,

light that even

catch her, but just as he reached out, Lydia

the time he turned back, it was

injured ankle made it impossible for her to

chose to protect Lydia, Meryl's heart

metal railings, each impact making

clenched her teeth

felt she deserved

Dalton had been her mistake, and now she

she fell, a grim clarity hit

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

to gather herself, Meryl

spinning, but she

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

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