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

Cuter was

The

be too busy defending

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sense of chivalry, but you can't just admit to being stabbed like this. That wound nearly cost you

for your justice. You're injured so badly, and Meryl's completely unharmed.

using her pregnancy to pressure

his child. Can't you, for the sake of

acted as if Meryl had committed some terrible

it only took Meryl a moment to figure out their

an opportunity to twist the story and

but they were using her kindness against her, turning

her would get out. After all, if it got out, the Aniston family would likely expel Dalton. Chapter 426

thought her decency would be weaponized

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why Dalton and I

target was Chandler. So, the person who was supposed to get hurt wasn't Dalton. It was

what Meryl had