Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Meryl retorted, "Why should I apologize to Dalton? I didn't do anything wrong!"

"You beat him, Meryl! That's definitely on you. You owe him an apology!" Malcolm's voice was sharp, frustration dripping from every word.

After everything that had happened recently, Meryl had come to a conclusion: swallowing her pride and staying silent only encouraged those who bullied her to push harder.

She thought to herself, "I've been bending over backward for

the Stone family all these years, and what did I get in return?

A one-way ticket to jail for my troubles.

How ridiculous is that?

I've done nothing wrong from the start. So why should I keep backing down? Why let them walk all over me?

If the Stone family is biased, then I'm done playing the good girl.

In their eyes, no matter how well-behaved I am, the only true

'good'girl' is Lydia."

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"Are you sure Dalton wants me to apologize? He got knocked out by a woman last night; now he's the laughingstock of the whole circle. If I go to him and say sorry, it's just going to remind him of the humiliation all over again!" "Meryl, stop making excuses! Don't make me drag you there myself!"

you want me to apologize to Dalton, fine. But only if Lydia apologize to

kind of nonsense is

on the couch, her voice icy. "Come on, it's been days since that press conference. Are you all pretending it didn't happen? Lydia slept with my fiancé, and you and Mom always love to play the

Malcolm was left speechless.

ruled it as self-defense. If you have any objections,

was utterly dumbfounded by

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in a fit of anger, he hung up the

two minutes later, Bianca called

and Malcolm were playing good cop,

in public last night? You can't just say things like that! And where have you

am married. Why do you think I went back to the

Bianca was momentarily speechless.

to marry. He's got nothing, not a dime to his name, and he's not even good-looking. I've been living under a bridge

drive me crazy?" Bianca's voice was

with disbelief.

Dalton dumped me, and I've just given up. Isn't that what you and

face turned

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"You really are impossible!"

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had just turned on the home surveillance to check if Meryl was

thought, "Living under a bridge? Now that's a

Are we heading out now?" Walter knocked lightly