Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 15 Marry Me

Meryl looked down, biting her lip and glancing up at him nervously, trying to piece together what had happened.

Why was this man in her hospital room?

"Are you 258?" she ventured cautiously.

Chandler raised an eyebrow and took a seat, crossing his long legs. His deep eyes locked onto hers.

"Yes, that's me."

His voice was cool, carrying a hint of early morning huskiness.

"Ms. Stone, are you planning to use your favor from ten years ago to make up for last night?"

Their eyes met, and Meryl felt a bit lost.

Ten years ago, when she had saved him, he was covered in mud, lying behind a haystack with a frightening wound on his chest.

She hadn't expected that he would turn out to be so strikingly handsome.

She had always thought Dalton was the most handsome man in Kingsdom, but now she had to admit he didn't compare to the man in front of her. Chapter 15 Marry Me

slightly, and she asked in a small

twinkled with amusement. "What do you

Aside from pulling off his button, she couldn't be sure if

about I buy

smile widened.

Meryl bit her lip.

didn't seem

wealthy, surely not lacking a shirt or

anything else she could offer. Just having left the Stone family, she had nothing to

spoke softly, "If you have

"Marry me."

were cut off abruptly, leaving her

fixed on her lips,

red like a blooming

Adam's apple bobbed

marry me. Think about

discussing lunch plans, but Meryl felt a shockwave pass through

only met once. I don't even

his forehead with his fingers, looking slightly exasperated. "Ms. Stone, you might not realize this, but I'm a traditional guy. I've saved myself for

am I supposed to explain that

met once. We've known each other for ten years. You saved my life. Marrying