Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 731 No Baby Anymore

Lydia noticed that Meryl hadn’t brought the baby out, so she deliberately asked, “Meryl, where’s your son? Why don’t you bring him out so we can all see him?”

Meryl was worried that with so many people in the Aniston Villa, the newborn might be exposed to germs.

Moreover, the baby was born prematurely and had just undergone surgery, so she had to be extra cautious.

“The baby’s asleep,” Meryl replied calmly. “There’s nothing much to see right now. There’ll be plenty of time later. No need to rush.”

Lydia’s attempt to provoke her fell flat, and her expression darkened.

She had hoped to needle Meryl with a few sarcastic remarks, but she didn’t take the bait.

Meryl said, “Lydia, you’re a mother too. You should understand how important it is to be careful with a child.”

Her words, spoken in a matronly tone, only deepened Lydia’s irritation.

However, in the Aniston Villa, Lydia knew better than to argue too openly.

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She nodded and replied, “You’re right, Meryl. I’ll keep that in

mind.”

In the afternoon, Meryl gazed at the baby sleeping soundly in the crib, lost in thought, “How could I swap the two children without anyone noticing?”

Just as she was pondering this, she heard some commotion outside.

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It seemed Lydia had gone to the hospital to have her fractured bone checked.

Meryl’s eyes lit up.

Lydia wouldn’t take the baby with her to the hospital.

This was her chance.

The Aniston Villa was very quiet in the afternoon.

There was only the nanny to take care of the child.

Exhausted from tending to the baby at night, the nanny had likely dozed off while the baby slept.

Meryl tiptoed to the nursery.

After making sure the nanny was asleep, she quietly took her son from the crib.

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Then she went back to the room, swapped the babies‘ clothes, and placed the other child back in the crib.

As she left, Meryl cast a lingering glance at the baby in the

cradle.

There was a faint trace of reluctance in her eyes,

“Grow up safe and sound, Marlon Aniston.”

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Marlon, who had spent his early days in the neonatal unit, was quiet and well–behaved, rarely crying and sleeping peacefully after feeding.

If he could make it to five years old, he would have a chance at survival.

to leave, she turned and saw Dalton standing

turned

wondered if he

expression shifted from confusion to a glimmer of

overheard Meryl’s words to

my son to grow up safe and sound,

the name I chosen for my son

No

the depth of my feelings for

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softly, reaching out to

this is

that, she walked past him.

Dalton frowned.

meantime, the nanny had already woken

nanny’s curious gaze. He didn’t want to

the villa and was about to knock on Meryl’s door when

soothing, and

did not want to disturb them.

living room and was about to sit on the sofa for a while when he found Dalton

greeted

fell on the child in Dalton’s arms, and his

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Dalton and Lyd &

lydor’s

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“Unde Chandler, this is any rom. I named him Marion

home, did not go to spend time with his wife and child but ran to the living

indeed a serious problem between Chandler and

name was similar

a blatant

“Was he flaunting the fact that both

his fists.

restraint, Dalton smirked and asked, “Uncle Chandler, what’s going on between you and Meryl?”

baby in

to cry.

to

left seething.

were pushing him to

No

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the baby, and now he was flaunting it.

exposed the truth was to protect

the scandal broke, she would be

but bearing Dalton’s child, she would be drowned in gossip.

and pushed the

who had just settled the baby,

Chandler extended

pulled her into his

her body pressed against

smell of nicotine on him. He must have

hands gripped her waist, holding her

back to

just imagining things.

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so he

“What nonsense

know why Chandler

drawn a line between herself and Dalton time and again, and Chandler knew

between him