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.

Dalton could distinctly hear his

world

at Meryl's

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heart raced wildly, as if it were about to leap out of

"Why

eyes fixed on

in

force.

of Meryl's smiles and expressions flashed through his mind like

time, that his

years, Dalton had been in love

who had created an illusion, making

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thought that

surged within him. Leaning closer, he pressed his hands on her

Dalton was about

lips were about

just taking a

had been too lazy to open her