Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 36 Discarded Men

Dalton's expression darkened at Meryl's words, a storm brewing in his eyes.

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In just a few sentences, she had laid bare his affair with Lydia, a revelation that hit him like a slap to the face.

In the past, Meryl had always been the quiet one, swallowing her jealousy and never daring to confront him in front of others.

But tonight, she was a different woman entirely.

With a bitter laugh, Dalton sneered. "Oh, I get it now. It's

because my engagement to Lydia was made public, and

you're feeling a little shaken up, aren't you? Didn't think you cared this much about me, Meryl."

"Care about you? Where on earth did you get that idea?

That's the most ridiculous conclusion I've ever heard!"

Dalton was momentarily speechless, caught off guard by her

boldness.

"Let me remind you, Dalton, it was I who ended things. I was the one who called off the engagement. Lydia is just picking Chapter 36 Discarded Men

up the scraps, treating discarded men like treasures she found in a dumpster."

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"Meryl! Do you even hear yourself?" Dalton's voice was a mix of disbelief and fury.

His face paled and flushed in quick succession, his chest heaving with suppressed rage.

crowd grew louder, punctuated by a few mocking chuckles. Dalton clenched his jaw,

master in Kingsdom, he had never been spoken to

the first to

like venom. "If you apologize

anything

temples throbbed

so you think I won't do anything

that why you're acting out? To get me to

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Then come with me!"

an audience

she could respond, Dalton reached for Meryl's arm, intent on dragging

to intervene but was met with a fierce glare from

and in her drunken state, Anne lost her balance, crashing to the floor

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a fit of rage, Dalton yanked her back, pulling her

few feet before she suddenly bit down on Dalton's arm, her teeth

his arm, blood seeping from.

the bar, Meryl stood still, her red dress now a canvas for the vibrant

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was colder than

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a hint of mockery in her eyes, she wiped the blood

with her

good look and see who's really

gaze fell on her ring finger, where a

the light, making his heart race with a

and disbelief.

direction of his gaze, Meryl looked down at

ring finger.

dazzling