Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 426 The True Target

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Meryl quietly said, "Why don't we wait until Dalton recovers so he can explain everything himself?"

She wanted to see how Dalton would justify his actions to

everyone.

Charlotte, standing nearby, breathed a sigh of relief when Meryl didn't mention the kidnapping.

But before she could fully relax, Dalton's lips moved.

Lydia was the first to notice Dalton waking up. She immediately grabbed his hand and asked, "Dalton, are you feeling any better?"

Though weak, Dalton pulled his hand away from Lydia's grasp. His coldness toward her was obvious. It was clear that he wanted no contact with her whatsoever.

Lydia's expression darkened as she saw Dalton's gaze fix firmly on Meryl.

His voice was faint, barely audible. "It was the criminal who stabbed me. Meryl had nothing to do with it..."

"Dalton!" Charlotte, turning her back to everyone, glared fiercely at him, cutting him off.

thought, "Why is Dalton so

Cuter was

The

she'll be too busy defending herself to pursue

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a sense of chivalry, but you can't just admit

your justice. You're injured so badly, and Meryl's completely unharmed. Everyone could tell there is

using her

we're family now. I'm carrying his child. Can't you, for the sake of this baby,

if Meryl

a moment to figure out

as an

didn't want to strike while Dalton was down, but they were using her kindness against her, turning the

imprisoning her would get out. After all, if it got out, the Aniston family would likely expel Dalton. Chapter

her decency would

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it carried strength. "Aren't you even a little curious why Dalton and I were there at that

on Dalton's phone showing contact between him and the attacker. And that man's real target was Chandler. So, the person who was supposed to

by what Meryl had just