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.

a few mocking

in Kingsdom, he had never been spoken to

was the first to challenge him so

from his lips like venom. "If you

for what? I haven't done anything wrong!" Meryl retorted,

throbbed

so you think I won't do

why you're acting out? To get

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come with me!"

an audience for

for

but was

state, Anne lost her

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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 sinking into his flesh with surprising ferocity. Dalton winced, finally releasing her as pain

vivid bite mark appeared on his arm, blood seeping from. the

still, her red dress

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was colder than

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a hint of mockery in her

with her

a good look and see who's

on her ring finger, where a

the light, making his heart race

and disbelief.

of his gaze, Meryl looked down at

ring finger.

ring glinted under the lights, dazzling to the