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!"

apologize to Dalton, fine.

kind

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

Malcolm was left speechless.

night, even the police ruled it as self-defense. If you have any

utterly dumbfounded by Meryl's barrage of

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in a fit of anger, he hung up

minutes later, Bianca

Bianca and Malcolm were

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

think I went back to the Stone Villa that morning? I was there to get my

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,

me

with disbelief.

and I've just given up. Isn't that what you and Dad

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

under a bridge? Now that's

the car is ready. Are we heading out now?" Walter knocked lightly on the