Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After Prison
Chapter 38

Chapter 38 What's His Name?

Anne glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already 2:30 AM.

Her parents were probably fast asleep by now, and she didn't want to worry them by making a late-night trip to the police station.

After wrestling with her thoughts for a moment, she decided

to call her husband, Dante.

The phone rang a few times before he picked up. The background noise was chaotic, filled with the sounds of laughter and clinking glasses as if he were at a poker game. Anne could even hear a woman's voice in the mix. "What's up?" Dante's tone was flat, lacking any warmth.

Anne skipped the pleasantries, her voice icy. "Come pick me up at the police station."

There was a brief pause, and then Dante's voice, laced with sarcasm, cut through the noise.

"In trouble, huh? You've really outdone yourself this time,

Anne."

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She bit her lip, sensing his impatience.

She thought, frustration bubbling up inside her, "What am I doing, calling him?"

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Anne was about to hang up when Dante's voice broke through again. "Alright, I'll come get you. But first, you owe me a favor."

Anne tightened her grip on the phone, her heart racing. "What

favor?"

"Give me a kid."

Anne was momentarily speechless.

"What? We're about to get a divorce! Why would I have a kid.

now? Are you out of your mind?"

She could tell he was just trying to mess with her.

Their marriage had always been a business arrangement, a union forged under family pressure, and he had never truly been hers.

For two long years, Anne had waited in vain for a spark that

never came, only to face the harsh reality that Dante would never love her.

When she finally suggested divorce, he had agreed, and they Chapter 38 What's His Name?

were in the process of figuring out the details.

She thought, "And now he wants me to have a child? It's absurd."

It was clear that Dante was unwilling to come to the police station to bail her out.

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"Seriously, Anne? If we're getting divorced, why should I bail you out?"

Before Anne could respond, a series of beeping sounds filled rear.

He had hung up on her.

Staring at her phone in disbelief, she felt a wave of frustration. wash over her.

Tears pricked at her eyes as Anne turned to Meryl, forcing a

smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Well, you saw that. Dante's not coming."

Meryl wrapped her arm around Anne's shoulders, her heart aching for her friend.

"I'm sorry, Meryl. But it looks like we'll have to rely on your

husband for this bail situation."

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Meryl bit her lip, contemplating, "I wonder if Chandler is event

awake at this hour.

It's our wedding night, and I'm asking him to the police station.

to bail us out...

How melodramatic.

What would he think of me?"

After a moment's hesitation, she dialed Chandler's number.

The phone connected almost instantly, catching her off guard.

His deep, resonant voice came through the receiver, tinged with urgency. "What's going on? You've been gone too long."

Meryl quickly filled him in on the incident at the bar, omitting Dalton's identity but mentioning that she had run into her ex-fiancé and things had escalated. Now, she needed bail.

"Just hang tight, I'm on my way."

As she hung up, the sound of a revving engine reached her

ears.

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Waiting felt pointless, so Anne and Meryl began to chat to poss the time.

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Anne said with a wry smile, "Well, this is quite the way to spend

your wedding night. I can't believe your husband isn't even mad. He sounds so calm on the phone."

Meryl nodded. Her husband did seem unusually composed.

Anne continued, "By the way, what's his name? I should at

least say hello when I meet him.

Meryl replied, "Chandler Aniston."

Anne raised an eyebrow. "Wait a minute, another 'Aniston'? Did you dig up the Aniston family's ancestral grave in your past life or something? Why do you keep running into people with the same last name?" After a brief pause, Anne's eyes widened as she realized. "Hold on a second-did you just say your husband's name is Chandler Aniston?"

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