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.

is

Cuter was

The True

busy defending herself to pursue

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have a sense of chivalry, but you can't just admit to being stabbed like this. That

"Exactly! Dalton, I came back specifically to fight for your justice. You're injured so badly, and Meryl's completely unharmed. Everyone

piled on, using

for the sake of this baby, let Dalton and me live our

if Meryl

took Meryl a moment

injury as an opportunity to twist the story and

was down, but

terrified the truth of Dalton imprisoning her would get out. After all, if it got out, the Aniston

never thought her decency would be weaponized

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little curious why Dalton and I were there at that exact time, crossing

records 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 get hurt wasn't Dalton. It was Chandler."

was stunned by what