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.

nearer, Dalton could distinctly hear his own

the entire world

by her bed, he gazed at Meryl's sleeping face, captivated by her stunning

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it were

wondered, "Why am

hard, his eyes fixed on Meryl's

leaning in

force.

like a silent film, flooding

that his heart had never truly let

had been

created an illusion, making him

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lips, and the thought that they had been kissed

Leaning closer, he

eyes closed, Dalton

lips were about to meet, Meryl's eyes

a brief

but had been