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 couldn't even.

401 There's No Going Back angry and needed

sure that with enough

the sandwich you brought back

head. "No, let the others

that especially for

just get another one

bed,

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didn't take it seriously, though,

of Dalton's

guard by the sight

sitting there, and his eyes lit up when he saw her. "Meryl, you must

eat."

at

shop near her high school, the one she used to visit almost

ages since

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picked-up a piece, took a small bite,

it taste?" he asked,

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