Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 24 Confrontation at Stone Villa

Meryl shot Lydia a cold glance. "This is my home. It's perfectly normal for me to be here."

Lydia's expression froze as soon as she noticed the scarf Meryl was holding.

Lydia, of course, knew that scarf belonged to Dalton. Meryl had kept it like a treasure for the last ten years.

"Are you planning to apologize to Dalton with that? Are you trying to win him back?" Lydia asked.

Meryl didn't want to get caught up in too much back-and-forth, so she replied softly, "You're reading too much into it. I never planned on that."

"You've probably seen the news, haven't you?" Lydia asked out of the blue.

The news about her and Dalton from that morning must have caused quite a stir by now.

The paparazzi were hired by Lydia herself. Her original plan was to take the photos they snapped and cry to Dalton, saying their affair was about to be exposed.

Obviously, she had no real intention of exposing it. She was just putting on a show in front of Dalton.

would rush home to plead with his mother to switch his fiancée

family would also be thrust into the spotlight, facing far more severe consequences than simply marrying her. This was the only way

gone.

hotel room this morning and was confronted by dozens of

to the morning news, making it difficult

entire nation was aware of Lydia and

rumors were that Galaxy Holdings Group's stock price had plummeted at the opening bell

been solved with a few intimate photos got blown wide open by the reporters,

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too impulsive and was furious, wondering who had called the TV reporters and completely messed up her

of the camera, right? He only cares about me." Lydia pulled herself together, her

would give you

want to waste any more breath on Lydia

all yours. I couldn't care less."

remained utterly indifferent when Dalton was brought

"You're really not going to marry Dalton? Then what's the scarf for? Aren't you planning to use it to remind Dalton of the past and win him

and said, "I was planning to throw it