Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Chandler leaned against the front of a car, cigarette in hand, his shirt slightly open. His gaze fixated on Meryl as she emerged from the hospital. "Is this waiting for me?" Meryl thought.

As the clock struck midnight, the hospital's corridors were bathed in dim lighting. The smoke at the corner of Chandler's lips emitted a flickering glow. Meryl walked towards him.

Recently, they had been acting in public tacitly, but since there were not many people around at night, no one would notice them.

Chandler's face remained stoic, but a frown formed on his face as his gaze landed upon Meryl's bandaged wrist.

"Got hurt?" he asked.

Meryl nodded and said nonchalantly, "Just a minor injury. It will be healed in a couple of days."

"Let me see," said Chandler.

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Meryl raised her hand, bending her elbow slightly, and extended it in front of Chandler.

Meryl's hand, their

into his embrace as he extended his long arms

her.

resting on her waist, Chandler drew Meryl closer to him. As she inhaled, a pleasant scent emanating from his body filled her senses. The subtle blend of wine and wood mingled

If that drunk had been slightly more agile, you could have been

directly, their close proximity meant that

her instinctive reaction was to push Chandler away, exposing herself

his lips

and said softly, "Because I didn't want to see you

was momentarily stunned and then held

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at the risk of getting hurt. Is this because she is worried about me?" he thought. "When are you going to move back?" Chandler

He missed her.

recent days, in order to cooperate with Meryl in acting, Chandler deliberately pretended

almost

times.

talk to her, hold her in his

for Meryl,

to linger in every corner of that

was immediately filled with vivid memories of Meryl beneath him, their intimate encounter etched