Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 26 Our Marriage License

Seeing it was Anne calling, she quickly tapped the button.

"Dear, I almost forgot. Are you being discharged from the hospital today?"

There was background noise over the phone. She felt Anne must have called during a break in her shooting.

"If you don't want to go back to the Stone Villa, you can stay at my place for now. I'll give you the address and the door lock code..."

Meryl responded, "No need. You and Dante are married. It wouldn't be appropriate for me to stay there."

Although Anne and Dante's marriage was one of convenience and they shared little affection, they were legally a married couple.

It would be inappropriate for Meryl to stay at their home, especially since Anne was currently traveling.

She needed to avoid any impropriety.

Anne asked worriedly, "Then where will you go?"

Meryl replied, "To my fiancé's place."

Hearing this, Anne exploded on the other end of the line, sounding quite frustrated.

had moved on from clinging the wrong guy like Dalton? Why are you going back to him now? That's so spineless! I really want to knock some sense into you!" Anne had seen the morning news on the plane and was infuriated

and women, making a scandalous scene in a hotel and everyone knowing

comfort Meryl with this call, but to her dismay, Meryl had turned

Dalton to get back with you, are you? He

Anne

fiancé

When did you

little about her supposed fiancé as

about it later. I've just arrived at his place. Gotta go

entered the house using the door code.

but it was brightly lit by the sun, casting a serene glow on the

of being lived in, and

into slippers and walked around the house. Just as she finished her tour, her phone beeped

and if you don't feel like cooking, feel free to dine out. The

be working late tonight, so don't wait for me. Try to get some rest. We'll go get our marriage

message, Meryl immediately went to the shoe cabinet to take

plan on

for her once saving his life. It wasn't right to take

of a lifetime, she didn't

knew that sincerity would be fleeting, and having been let down before, she had