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

entire world seemed

gazed at Meryl's sleeping

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it were about to leap out

wondered, "Why am

eyes fixed on

in closer, drawn by

force.

flashed through his mind like a silent film, flooding

that his heart had

years, Dalton had

was Lydia who had created an

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fell on Meryl's full, rosy lips, and the thought

Leaning closer, he pressed his hands

Dalton was about to kiss

their lips were about to meet, Meryl's eyes

hadn't slept deeply, just taking a brief

someone at the door but had been too lazy to open her