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?"

Chapter 47 A Flurry of Slaps

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 and nail to maintain her status as

from women like Lydia

when things had finally settled down, here

opportunist, eyeing

was a force of nature, and she wouldn't tolerate any

Lydia had been the last

recent standoff with Dalton over

but this time, he had blindsided her by switching his engagement from Meryl to Lydia

of losing her son

blood boil.

A Flurry of

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Lydia's facade. Did Lydia truly love Dallon,

was a dead giveaway, starkly contrasting with Meryl's

enough for my son? You're not even fit to carry

third branches of the family,

think you can just swoop in and become a

Charlotte had Lydia pinned to the

unprepared for this

hoping to win over the

being the elder, Lydia didn't dare fight back, and Cate joined in,

was in agony, unable to escape

A Flurry

as she

from the hospital bed, yanking Charlotte and Cate away from Lydia with all