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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glanced outside again, Meryl was surprised to see Dalton

remained motionless, like a statue, in the same position as

from above for a while and realized

making several attempts to stand up but failing

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

car pulled up at

going on with

ground,

with Lydia at the Aniston Villa today?

He quickly helped

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Come on, let's get you

the car in a daze. He could barely

how much Billy chattered beside

where a doctor

lay on the hospital bed, receiving an IV

and

blankly at the ceiling for a long time before finally speaking.

"You can't be serious. How

don't you?" Dalton suddenly grabbed Billy's arm. "Because I married Lydia, she wanted to

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