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..

you say you were getting hitched today? The party's all set up, where's your bride?" Chandler frowned, his gaze drifting back to Meryl, who was stretching on her tiptoes to

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

quietly, "It's too crowded. I don't want to scare her off.

you're guarding a treasure. It's a celebration,

reached up and easily grabbed the laundry detergent, placing it gently

her face lighting up with gratitude as she

saying a word, and

picked out two steaks and tossed them into

through the phone again. "Chandler, are you even listening? Where

his tone casual. "Just out shopping with my wife. You guys have fun; put the bill

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, simply hung

she heard him

was he talking

asked, breaking

Meryl replied,

women," Chandler said, leaning casually against the cart as a

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

fell on

lingered a moment too long on her delicate