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.

with his mother to switch his fiancée to her, hoping to keep the

object to protecting their reputation. After all, if the scandal got out, the Aniston family would also be thrust into the spotlight, facing far more severe

careful planning, something had gone. wrong.

she stepped out of the hotel room this morning and

made it to

the entire nation was aware of Lydia and Dalton's

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

few intimate photos got blown wide open by the

Confrontation at Stone Villa her reputation

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being too impulsive and was furious, wondering who had called the TV

right? He only cares about me." Lydia pulled herself together,

"Do you really think Dalton would give you the time of day if you apologized

any more

trash, Dalton is all yours. I couldn't care less." With that, she moved past Lydia, ready to

remained utterly indifferent

believe it. "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

at the scarf in her hand and said, "I was planning to throw it away." With that, she casually