Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

hapter 140 Lingering Affection

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Dalton felt sad as if a boulder was pressing down on it. His mind was taut, like a string stretched to its limit, ready to snap at any

moment.

This was an unfamiliar feeling, something he had never experienced in his twenty years. It made him uneasy and fearful. "Why was I feeling like this?

I didn't love Meryl. I'm just wasn't used to her absence yet.

Yes, that was it. I'm just needed some time to adjust, and everything would be fine." Dalton thought.

Meryl went upstairs and opened the window to let in some fresh air. Suddenly, she noticed Dalton.

He was still down there, hadn't left.

From the view on the tenth floor, even a man as proud as Dalton looked like a speck at this distance.

Dalton was sitting on the ground, his tailored suit clearly out of place in this setting.

Meryl turned away from the window. She started to pack up a few things, and soon, it began to drizzle outside. Chapter 140 Lingering Affection

Worried that the rain might soak the floor, she closed the window.

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she glanced outside again, Meryl was

like a statue, in

him from above for a while and realized that Dalton wasn't just sitting still. He

seemed unwell, making several attempts to stand up but failing each

was getting heavier. Meryl bit her lip, hesitated for a moment, then called

Billy's car pulled up at the entrance of the

going

Dalton sitting on the ground, Billy

to be with Lydia at the Aniston Villa today? How did you end up

face. He quickly helped him up, feeling the heat radiating from Dalton's feverish skin.

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up! Come on, let's

a daze. He could barely hear Billy's

matter how much Billy chattered beside him, Dalton didn't

the hospital, where a doctor came to examine Dalton

on the hospital

noticed something was off and asked, "Dalton,

long

aback. "You can't be serious.

wanted to get back at

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