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

an idea and

it, do it alone! Let go!" Dalton shouted, grabbing Meryl

cold gaze swept

Then, he froze.

saw tears streaming

of uncase hit him, quickly replaced

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

so light that even a small push

but

shifted to her, and by the time he turned

ankle made it impossible for

moment, as Dalton chose to

with the metal railings, each impact making her head

her teeth

felt she deserved

Dalton had been her mistake, and now she was

she fell, a

Meryl on the floor, struggling to get up. Bianca rushed over in a panic, trying to help, but Meryl gently pushed

to gather herself,

spinning, but she stayed silent, bearing

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

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