Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 268 No Going Back

No wonder Dalton wanted to divorce Lydia.

His personality could never tolerate such betrayal.

Dalton said, "Meryl, I'm asking you one last time. Three years ago, were you the one who bribed those thugs to kidnap Lydia? Or was it all just her own scheme, something she orchestrated herself?"

As soon as Dalton mentioned the events from three years ago, Meryl's expression turned cold.

A sharp pain pierced her heart.

This was a shadow that had haunted her entire life.

Those three years in prison-every day was an absolute nightmare for her. Meryl even considered ending it all at times.

The prime of her life was wasted away behind bars.

The meager meals, the beatings from other inmates, and the long scar on her ankle-these were wounds that would never heal.

Meryl didn't immediately answer Dalton's question. Instead, she asked in return, "What did Lydia tell you back then?"

No

Meryl had

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Dalton began to coldly distance himself from

it wasn't to the extent that he would send her

loathing her. Whenever he saw Meryl, it was as if he was looking at something filthy. Meryl suspected that Lydia must have said

spoke, "Lydia said that to get those thugs to obey you,

what it was." Meryl

a man like Dalton possibly tolerate

eyes, she not only caused Lydia to be kidnapped but also betrayed him. He

"And you just believed what

pressed his lips together

almost assaulted by that

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coming to me for the truth? So, you're starting to doubt Lydia too? You know she's not as innocent

Meryl's shoulders tightly. "You didn't sleep with those thugs! The kidnapping was all her doing, wasn't it? You went to prison because she framed you, didn't

faint smile. "So what if it's true? So what if it's not? It couldn't

mind racing with thoughts he barely dared to entertain. The more he

had he only just begun to doubt