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Chapter 680 The Enclosed Space

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Dalton's probing hit right on target. He'd clearly caught wind of something.

But Meryl kept her poker face. "Of course, it's for my sake. I'm due soon, and Chandler shouldn't be traveling far. He's staying in Kingsdom to be with me until the baby comes. He even dropped a project for this. Is there something wrong with that? What's a billion-dollar deal compared to our child?"

Hearing this, a smile played at Dalton's lips, but it didn't reach his eyes.

He knew better than anyone that Meryl was just putting up a front.

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Dalton knew exactly why Chandler wasn't by her side, but he chose not to expose it

now.

After all they'd been through, he still wanted to let Meryl save face.

"Did you come alone? Let me drive you home." Dalton took a couple of steps

on to

toward her, worried about her safety given her pregnant condition.

But Meryl's eyes were distinctly cold as she avoided his touch, maintaining her distance.

"No need!"

With that, she turned to leave.

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"Meryl!" Dalton frowned. "You don't have to be so cold with me. You know I'd never hurt you!"

"Never hurt me? Right. Well, I don't love you anymore, so you won't get another chance to break my heart."

Meryl let out a mocking laugh, not bothering to turn around or spare Dalton another glance.

As far as she was concerned, everything between her and Dalton was ancient

history.

Their relationship wasn't just about casual chitchat or catching rides anymore.

Not far away, Lydia stood in the baby store, watching everything unfold through

Chapter 680 The Enclosed Space the transparent glass.

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Her expression was a mix of complicated

emotions.

Dalton couldn't stand being in the same space with her, his wife, for too long, yet here he was, having such a long conversation with Meryl. How could she not hate this situation?

had fought tooth and nail to get, Meryl could

was just

lip, Lydia quietly pulled out

need a

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worry, it won't be traced back to you. Once it's done, I'll give you enough money to leave the country. This time, I

an idiot, the first thing he did was

lost everything down to his last penny,

no choice but to turn

all, they'd been intimate before, so Lydia secretly gave him some

The Enclosed Space keeping it from

about to

like Rocky might come in handy someday.

all, no matter what, Rocky was

the villa, which led to Chandler sending him

no good reason, Rocky must have absolutely despised his adoptive

proved

The

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*****

Meryl headed down one floor and passed

walked in to browse and found the store filled with vinyl records. The shop owner clearly had

taste.

what

senior would definitely appreciate classical

walked up to the rows of record shelves and

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from the last century.

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work was

would love it.

I'd like

the record to the counter to pay. The cashier

in hand, she left the store and headed for the elevator

when the doors opened,

Talk about awkward timing.

moment's hesitation,

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didn't want to waste time outside and needed

Gale soon.

just

kept to opposite corners of the

a quick minute-long ride down suddenly turned into a nightmare when the elevator violently shuddered. Meryl instinctively grabbed the

was wrong with the

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the

into total darkness.

a

the

Meryl remained relatively calm.

all, this was a busy mall. Management would be more worried than they were about having passengers trapped

the emergency call button, and

someone here to fix it now! I'm heavily pregnant! If anything happens to my baby, you'll be responsible!"

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on the other end apologized profusely and

soon.

believe her bad

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