Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 53 Spend the Night

"Dalton and Lydia are having an affair, and everyone thinks they've wronged me. But if I go back to the Aniston Villa with you, things will get messy. They'll spread rumors that we've been together all along to clear their names. That would be at disaster," Meryl said. 1/4

Chandler listened intently before asking, "So, what do you want to do?"

Meryl took a deep breath. "At the very least, we should wait until Lydia and Dalton are married before we go public. That way, we'll be later. No one can say anything then."

Dalton and Lydia's wedding was set for the eighth of next month. -just a month away.

By then, showing up as Chandler's wife would surely leave them both speechless. Chandler considered her plan and nodded. "That makes sense.

I'm on board."

"So, for this month, let's keep our relationship under wraps, okay? Mr. Aniston."

Chandler raised an eyebrow. "Out there, I'm Mr. Aniston, but at home... I prefer you call me 'hubby'."

Chapter 53 Spend the Night

Meryl's cheeks flushed. "Um..."

With their conversation wrapping up, a comfortable silence settled in the room.

Their eyes locked, and the atmosphere shifted, becoming charged with unspoken feelings.

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suddenly self-conscious, Meryl grabbed a random piece

a shower. You, uh, do what

quickly closed the bathroom door

her go with a

way she

have sworn she

her mind raced with thoughts of

already married, so what

in her head, urging her

a woman makes a move, a guy

been single for 29 years with no scandals! You won't find a cleaner slate

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imagine. how good he feels to the touch! You should totally

felt like it was getting hotter by the second. She

her phone

saw a message from Anne: [Hey, babe, know how to

wiped her wet fingers

of hesitation, she replied:

immediately: [Hold on, I'll send you some

eyes widened, and her