Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Back in the ward, Malcolm and Bianca glared at Lydia with disappointment.

"Lydia, what were you thinking? You and Meryl are both my daughters. What you did today has utterly humiliated our family. This is a disgrace. You let me down!" Malcolm's voice. was tight with anger. Malcolm had once defended Lydia with unwavering zeal, but now, the support felt like a slap in the face.

They had just been thrown out of the ward by Chandler.

Lydia's expulsion was one thing-after all, she had caused the trouble.

But for Chandler to throw Malcolm out, too? That was a blow to Malcolm's pride, which he wasn't prepared for.

Malcolm was fuming with frustration, especially since he had hoped Chandler could help Celestial Ventures Group. Now, that was a lost cause.

Lydia's eyes welled up with tears, and she looked genuinely hurt.

"Dad, I don't know what got into me. I'm really sorry. It felt like I was being possessed or something. That wasn't my intention at all."

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sooner, we wouldn't have been embarrassed." Lydia bit her lip, feeling cornered as her lies unraveled. "I... I must have been

gaze was filled with disappointment. She had raised

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her attempt to shift blame were

firmly, "Enough, Lydia's hurt, so let's not push it. Let her rest, and we shouldn't keep her here any longer. Let's go." Bianca felt a strange discomfort in her

it that whenever Lydia messes up, you're always defending her? I

protection of Lydia

much before, but now it

Are

was palpable, and Lydia quickly stepped in

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outside smoking. Maybe let's just drop it

and Bianca

Dalton was slumped against the wall in the stairwell, lost in thought as

sounds of an argument between Anne and Dante on the other side of a fire door. Dalton wasn't eavesdropping on purpose. He had been there first, and Dante and Anne

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