Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 417 Calling an Ambulance

Zane had been observing the pair from the shadows since the moment they appeared.

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He was surprised to see how cocky Dalton acted around him, yet how submissive he became in Meryl's presence.

Dalton couldn't care less. "This is my business, not yours. If I'm not mistaken, Uncle Chandler's probably looking for you all over the grounds right now. You'd better scram while you still have the chance to escape." With that, Dalton stopped arguing with Zane and quickly took off after Meryl.

A cryptic smile played on Zane's lips at their retreating figures.

Back then, Dalton had arrested Zane's family with his own hands to complete a mission from higher-ups, leaving Zane an orphan without parents.

There was no way Zane would let that debt go unpaid.

Though the grounds were vast, finding Meryl wouldn't be too difficult.

Zane circled the rock garden by the villa a couple of times, then tucked himself away in an inconspicuous hiding spot.

Meryl had searched most of the grounds without finding Chandler, and she was starting to worry something might have. Chapter 417 Calling an Ambulance

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As she walked by a rock formation, someone suddenly jumped out, frightening her.

When she recognized it was Zane Meryl let out an instinctive

scream.

man had kidnapped her

hand over Meryl's mouth,

hand and spun around nimbly,

Zane was ready

out a knife

expected Zane to be armed. She watched in horror as

Zane bearing down on her,

then, out of nowhere, Dalton came sprinting up

grabbed Meryl's wrist, yanking her into his arms, then

knife deep into Dalton's chest, the blade sinking in with a

from the wound as Dalton's

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he collapsed, Dalton managed to land a vicious

off guard, Zane went flying backward, his head slamming against the artificial rockery

Dalton finally let out a relieved sigh before crumpling to the

of an eye, leaving Meryl frozen in place, struggling to process what had

heart that if Dalton hadn't stepped in to shield her, Zane's knife would have

the way, the consequences would have

the sight of Dalton on the ground,

ghostly pale, twisted

support him, her voice shaking as she asked,

his body contorting on the

in front of Meryl. He managed to choke