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.

drew nearer, Dalton could distinctly hear his

moment, the entire world seemed to be on

at Meryl's

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as if it were about to leap out of

wondered, "Why am

hard, his eyes fixed

found himself leaning in closer, drawn

force.

his mind like a silent film, flooding

for the first time, that his heart had never truly let go

had

had created an illusion, making him believe

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the thought that they had been kissed by Chandler suddenly

him. Leaning closer, he pressed his

eyes closed, Dalton was about to kiss

their lips were about

taking a

someone at the door but had been too lazy to