Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison

Chapter 749 Different Voice

“Chandler, I feel terrible,” Dante lamented into the phone. “Why is Anne treating me like this? What did I do to deserve this?

“I turned Lola into the police myself–wasn’t that enough? She accepted both Yancey and Max, but why won’t she give me another chance?”

Chandler was exhausted from his trip and in no mood to deal with Dante’s relationship problems.

He fell silent for a moment before responding, “You’re indeed a jerk. You had three years of marriage and countless opportunities to win her heart, yet you chose to ignore her instead.

“Nobody waits in the same place forever. When you finally turned around, the one who had waited for you was already

gone.”

His words were gentle but clear; Dante had brought this on himself.

Dante took another swig of wine. People said alcohol could drown your sorrows, but why did each drink only seem to deepen his depression?

“What about our daughter?” he pressed. “Fine, she doesn’t want me, but to reject Bella? I brought her to Havenbrook, and Anne

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Chandler sighed. Anne had seen right through Dante’s attempt to use Bella to manipulate her emotions, which was precisely why she was keeping her distance.

When Max woke up, he instinctively reached for Anne’s side of the bed, finding it empty. He opened his eyes to confirm what he already knew she was gone.

Last night had been his first time with a woman. Everything was a blur of sensation and emotion, ending only when

Anne, exhausted, had murmured, “Let’s sleep.” He’d finished immediately.

Recalling Anne’s expression, he surmised that she was pleased with him.

Half asleep in the middle of the night, he instinctively pulled Anne into his arms. To his surprise, when he woke up, she was

gone.

It’s only seven in the morning. Did she really leave this early?

bed with someone, Anne got up

processing the sight of Max in her pink sheets. Her cheeks flushed as memories of the previous

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celibacy, she’d ended up in bed with her old classmate.

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wine. But she had to admit Max had taken the initiative, and

stairs, Anne nearly stepped on broken beer

with a frown, she spotted Dante curled

climate, the nights could be cool. He

assistant. “Jaxon, I’m sending you the address.

come to Havenbrook alone. He’d brought an entourage of

with sleep. “Anne, Mr. Paltrow

years. Please convince him to leave Havenbrook.

Jaxon fell silent.

in the world. He

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Dante’s eyes snapped open. “There may be other women, but there’s only

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slurred with wine. “Come back to me, Anne.

her neck, and something in

corner. “You slept with him last night? How could you betray me like this?” His eyes were bloodshot with

hit the cold wall, and pain flashed across her face. She didn’t resist as his fingers dug into her neck, just staring at him with the detached look one might

for over a year. How is this betrayal? Am I not allowed to move

cut deep. Dante’s

me?”

released her, staring at his hand and shaking his head vigorously. “No. How could I ever hurt you? Anne, you know I care about you.

but please, come back to me. We can go back to how things were. I promise I’ll be

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constantly ignored me?” Anne’s voice was

promises meant nothing. She fixed him with a cold, distant stare.

aways

her leave, dropping to one knee

go back? No, there must be