Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 23 The Scarf and the Past

Meryl was shocked to hear Chandler, and her hand holding the spoon paused.

Thinking about her parents' attitude toward her, she lowered her eyes and replied, "No. I can go back by myself."

Meryl didn't get along with her family, and for some reason, she didn't want Chandler to know.

Chandler's gaze lingered on her face for a moment, but he didn't say anything else.

At that moment, the TV in the restaurant suddenly started broadcasting entertainment gossip news.

The volume was too loud, and Meryl instinctively turned her head to look.

The gossip news showed that Dalton and Lydia were being surrounded by reporters outside a room.

With her face buried in her hands, she hid behind Dalton as cameras and flashes swarmed them. At one point, the camera even panned to the massive bed behind them. That was one giant bed. Meryl could also see that there were security guards maintaining order at the scene. She then froze when she noticed the word

"live" at the top right corner of the TV screen.

She thought incredulously, "Are they really still stuck in the hotel?"

looked in the direction of Meryl was

he picked it up and

his head, shaking the phone in his hand. "It's too loud. It's bothering

food on her plate, and when she walked out,

you don't

that if he accompanied her

insist. "Alright. I have some things to take care of now. After you get your documents, go

she looked it up on her phone and found it was a high-end

small business owner, but it seemed his business was doing pretty well. After he drove away, Meryl was still a bit dazed as she realized. she might have forgotten to ask his name all this time. She

a taxi and made her way back to the Stone

gate was tightly shut. She rang the doorbell twice, and

servant was visibly shocked. "Ms. Stone, you're

hummed in response and nodded slightly before

you looking for Mrs. Bianca Stone? She has a headache and is

sent to prison for three years of correction? Just look at her, all skin and bones. She must have suffered a lot in there." Meryl replied, "I'm not

paused and hurriedly replied, "In the

and made her

owned was stuffed into a small box