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!"

Dalton, fine. But only if Lydia apologize to

"What kind

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 fair judge, right? "So tell me, should Lydia apologize to me or

Malcolm was left speechless.

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

utterly dumbfounded by Meryl's barrage of

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anger, he

minutes later, Bianca called

and Malcolm were playing good cop,

you really announce you were married 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 Stone Villa that morning? I was

Bianca was momentarily speechless.

know what you're thinking. I just picked up some random guy off the street 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 with him for the last few days.

trying to drive me

with disbelief.

the truth, Mom! Dalton dumped me, and I've just given up. Isn't that

face turned pale

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"You really are impossible!"

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home surveillance

under a bridge? Now

Are we heading out now?" Walter knocked lightly on