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.

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

was sure the Aniston family wouldn't 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 consequences than

despite all her careful planning, something had gone. wrong. The paparazzi turned

out of the hotel

even made it to the morning news, making it difficult

aware of Lydia and

what the Aniston family's stance was, but rumors were that Galaxy Holdings Group's

been solved with a few intimate photos got blown wide

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

Dalton protecting me in front of the camera, right? He only cares about

would give you the time of day if you

any more

all yours. I couldn't care less." With that, she

utterly indifferent when

it. "You're really not going to marry Dalton? Then what's the scarf for? Aren't you planning

looked down at the scarf in her hand and said, "I was planning to throw it away." With that, she casually tossed it into the trash can