Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Lydia's cries grew louder, her voice filled with desperation. "Dalton, don't go!

"Please, don't leave me! Is it really because I made a mistake that you're abandoning me?"

Dalton replied softly, "I'm just stepping out for a bit."

He shut the hospital room door behind him, feeling a wave of disappointment.

He didn't want to stay a second longer with Lydia.

Leaning against the corridor wall, Dalton lit a cigarette and took slow drags, letting the smoke curl up and vanish.

Without realizing it, he found himself outside Meryl's room.

There was a magnetic pull, an irresistible urge to see her.

He had a lot he wanted to say to Meryl.

Inside the room, Meryl was sound asleep, a small lump under the covers.

Dalton thought bitterly, "She's made such a mess of my life. How can she sleep so peacefully, completely oblivious?" Chapter 261 Want More

He pressed his lips together, gently closing the door.

he drew nearer, Dalton could distinctly

that moment, the entire world

bed, he gazed at Meryl's sleeping face, captivated

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heart raced wildly, as if it were about to leap

wondered, "Why

fixed on Meryl's face, not

himself leaning in closer, drawn by

force.

smiles and expressions flashed through his mind like a silent

first time, that his heart had never truly let

years, Dalton had been

was Lydia who had created an illusion, making

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fell on Meryl's full, rosy lips, and the thought that they had been kissed by Chandler

Leaning closer, he pressed his hands on her

Dalton was about to kiss

their lips were about to meet,

a brief nap after a restful

the door but had been too lazy to