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?"

of Meryl was staring, and glanced over at

picked it up and

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

finished the food on her plate, and when she walked out,

sure you don't

Stone Villa. He thought that if he accompanied her back, things might be different. She shook her head and

"Alright. I have some things to take care of now. After

and noted the address he gave. Later, she looked it up on her phone

was still a bit dazed as she realized. she might have forgotten to ask his name all this time. She decided it didn't matter. After all, they were getting married, so there was plenty

a taxi and made

the doorbell twice, and soon, a servant opened the door just a crack before

seeing that it was Meryl, the servant was visibly shocked.

hummed in response and nodded slightly before

"Are you looking for Mrs. Bianca Stone? She has a headache and is resting in her room. She said

years of correction? Just look at her, all skin and bones. She must have suffered a lot in

hearing that, the servant paused and hurriedly replied, "In the

thanks and made her

owned was stuffed into a small box in the corner