Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

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Meryl took a deep breath, steadying herself before stepping out of the car with Anne.

The venue for the gathering was a high-end hotel, and they were meeting on a floor they had reserved entirely for themselves, a throwback to their days at an elite school.

As they exited the elevator, Meryl was taken aback to see Lydia and a few other familiar faces.

Although the memories were a bit hazy, she quickly recognized

them.

They had all been part of Lydia's clique back in the day, the same girls who had once poured red ink on her chair.

Meryl vividly recalled sitting down and feeling the cold stain seep through her school uniform, the laughter of her classmates ringing in her ears.

It was also these girls who had locked her in the bathroom on a freezing winter day.

Back then, Meryl had struggled to understand why they harbored such cruelty at such a young age.

For a long time, she had lived under the shadow of their bullying.

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But now, with time and distance, it was clear that Lydia had been the ringleader of their little gang.

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Looking at Lydia and her friends now, Meryl couldn't help but notice that despite their polished appearances, they were no longer the untouchable girls they once were.

If she recalled correctly, their families had fallen on hard times and were deep in debt.

It seemed karma had finally caught up with them.

The atmosphere was tense as the girls exchanged glances, clearly unsure how to interact with Meryl now that they were no longer reliant on their family's status. They seemed hesitant to meet her gaze, afraid of offending her.

Meryl, however, was unfazed. She smiled warmly at them, but Lydia wasted no time in making a jab at the sight of Meryl's thoughtful expression.

"What's wrong, Meryl? Are you crying tears of joy at seeing your old classmates?"

Lydia's voice dripped with sarcasm, and then she feigned a gasp.

wait! I forgot your husband hasn't been home in days, has he? Missing

deliberately loud, drawing the attention of

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and said, "Lydia, you really haven't changed a bit. You still

red and white, as if she had just been

girls around her exchanged awkward glances,

with a soft

out in an impeccably tailored black suit, one hand casually tucked into his pocket,

just delivered a line

glare before

puzzled by Felix's presence at

on things tonight. If you need anything, Ms. Stone, feel free to have the

Philip a cold look, his

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own business," he snapped, causing Philip to lower his head in silence as the elevator doors slid

Felix was merely there to oversee operations, and the two of them vanished

noticed the familiarity between Meryl and Felix's assistant

on with you

clear to anyone with half a brain that Felix's words

head. "Stop making stuff up. We just

at night, just watching you? He's definitely interested! When did you two get so close?" Anne had a strong intuition

had a girlfriend, he would undoubtedly turn

understood men well enough-those who appeared

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their first crush yet, but they could

trying to shake off Anne's strange ideas, "But he's Rachel's fiancé.

you're getting tangled up with her fiancé. Nobody loses in that scenario! Worst-case,

hand and playfully tapped Anne on the head. "What's good about that? Rachel is dead set on breaking off her engagement with Felix. If I get too close to him, it just helps her out!" Anne chuckled. "Hey, I was

dilemmas, Anne knew better than anyone that once Meryl had her

was probably

at her phone, but there were no

messages.

her gaze, unable to hide her

like today would pass by unremarkably; Chandler had completely forgotten

into the hall, Meryl was greeted

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music wafting through

paused for a moment, realizing the

late, most of her classmates were already gathered,