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

trembled slightly, and she asked in a

amusement. "What do

be sure if she had done anything more inappropriate. Feeling pressured, she knew she had

buy

widened. "Replace my

Meryl bit her lip.

didn't seem

looked wealthy, surely not lacking a

she could offer. Just having left the Stone

softly, "If you have any

"Marry me."

off abruptly, leaving her

fixed

red like

Adam's apple bobbed

marry me. Think

if discussing lunch plans,

only met once. I don't even know

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

night, you took my first time. How am I supposed to explain that to

other for ten years. You saved my life. Marrying you