Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 33 My Wife

He thought to himself, "So she's trying to grab my attention. with this little stunt? Hoping I'll be curious enough to call her back?

Not a bad plan, huh?"

Meanwhile, Meryl was blissfully unaware that her phone had auto-dialed Dalton while she was busy shopping.

She couldn't shake the feeling that her new husband,

Chandler, had an almost ethereal quality about him, as if he

belonged to another world entirely.

To bring him down to earth a bit, she handed him the

responsibility of pushing the shopping cart.

With deft hands, Meryl navigated the aisles of household goods while Chandler quietly followed her lead. To any casual observer, they looked like a perfectly harmonious couple. Suddenly, Chandler's phone buzzed, breaking the moment.

He paused, glancing in the direction Meryl had gone, and answered the call.

On the other end, the noise was overwhelming..

up, where's your bride?" Chandler

shelf was too high, and she struggled a bit, her long hair

too crowded. I don't want to scare her off. We're

not monsters! You're acting like you're guarding a treasure. It's a celebration, and the

a swift motion, he reached up and easily grabbed the laundry

up with gratitude as she smiled at

smirked, not saying a word, and continued on to the

out two steaks and tossed them into

voice blared through the phone again. "Chandler, are you even

his tone casual. "Just out shopping with my wife. You guys have

long pause on the other end, followed by Dante's incredulous laughter. "No way! You're actually grocery shopping?" Chandler, perhaps annoyed by Dante's incessant chatter,

flushed when she heard

"Who was he talking to? A friend,

Chandler asked, breaking

Meryl replied,

Chandler said, leaning casually against the cart as

frowned slightly. "But isn't cooking chicken a bit of

gaze fell

eyes lingered a moment too long