Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 401

Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After... 1/4

Chapter 401 There's No Going Back

"Meryl, you awake? I brought you something to eat."

Meryl pressed her lips together, her voice quiet but firm. "I'm not hungry. You can have it."

Without waiting for a response, she turned over and switched off the light, plunging the room into darkness.

But Dalton stayed put. "Meryl, you've barely eaten these past few days. You've lost weight. How can you not be hungry? At least come out and see what I got for you."

His voice was gentle, almost pleading, but Meryl let out a tired. sigh.

"Dalton, I'm really not hungry. Let's talk about it tomorrow, okay? I'm trying to sleep."

She didn't want to waste any more energy on him, especially not in the middle of the night.

Realizing he'd hit a wall, Dalton gave in. "Alright, get some rest."

Still, he lingered outside her door for a moment, staring at the dim light seeping under the door.

A flicker of sadness flashed across his face.

about him. Now, she

Going Back angry

sure that with enough patience, she'd

approached him. "Sir, the sandwich you brought back is ready. Would you like

his head. "No, let the

looked surprised. "But didn't you buy that especially for Ms. Stone? It's

another

Meryl, lying in bed, had heard every

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it seriously, though, thinking

Dalton's offhand

she was caught off guard by the sight of a fresh

up when he saw her. "Meryl, you must be hungry. Come on, have something

eat."

glanced at

that little shop near her high school, the one

ages since she last had

401 There's No Going

took a small

asked, his

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