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

entire world seemed

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

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as if it were

"Why am

hard, his eyes fixed on Meryl's

in closer, drawn by

force.

Meryl's smiles and expressions flashed through his mind like a silent film, flooding

time, that his heart had never truly

Dalton had been in love with

Lydia who had created an

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and the thought that they

closer, he

eyes closed, Dalton was about to

about to meet,

just taking a brief nap

someone at the door but had been too