Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 47 A Flurry of Slaps

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"Not only have you made a fool of him, but you've also driven a wedge between us!

"What are you doing here? Trying to repulse everyone?"

Lydia knew Charlotte had never liked her.

She had always seen Charlotte as the quintessential high-society matron, someone who carried herself with an air of superiority.

Even if Charlotte looked down on her, Lydia thought it would

be nothing more than a frosty reception.

She never expected Charlotte to lash out physically. Caught completely off guard, Lydia didn't have time to react as Charlotte's hand connected with her face, delivering two sharp slaps that left her cheeks stinging and swollen.

Charlotte's eyes were bloodshot with rage, her chest heaving

as she glared at Lydia. The sight of her made Charlotte's

blood boil.

She thought, "What makes you think you're worthy of marrying my son?"

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Lydia's manipulative little games were transparent to Charlotte.

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to climb the social ladder by snagging a wealthy man. Charlotte had fought tooth

like Lydia

just when things had finally settled down,

opportunist, eyeing her son

of nature, and she wouldn't tolerate

sight of Lydia had been the last straw, making her

with Dalton

he had blindsided her by switching his engagement from Meryl

losing her son to this woman made

blood boil.

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fellow woman, she could see through Lydia's facade. Did Lydia truly love Dallon, or was

glint in Lydia's eyes was a dead giveaway, starkly

for my son? You're not even fit to

onlookers from the second and third branches of the family, Charlotte lunged at Lydia, unleashing

you can just swoop in and become a

time anyone could react, Charlotte had Lydia pinned

unprepared for

come here hoping to win over the Aniston family, eager to

Charlotte being the elder, Lydia didn't dare fight

to escape the barrage,

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as she

bed, yanking Charlotte and Cate away from Lydia with all his might.