Secret Admiration: Finding True Love After
Chapter 535 I Have to Work
“How much longer until the baby comes?” Chandler asked, running his finger across Meryl’s belly while giving her a frustrated look.
He wanted to be intimate with her.
As a grown man, going from regular action to nothing but cold showers was driving him crazy.
Chandler had always had a strong sex drive, often keeping Meryl up half the night. This forced celibacy felt like he’d joined a monastery.
Meryl thought for a few seconds, doing some mental math. “About five or six months, I guess.”
Chandler was speechless.
He suddenly changed the subject. “That kid in Anne’s belly, is it really that pretty boy’s?”
Meryl was caught off guard, surprised that Chandler would bring up Anne.
But thinking about it, it made sense. Chandler was friends with Dante, who probably wanted to know.
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Meryl didn’t want to lie, but she also didn’t want to meddle in her best friend’s business.
“I don’t know,” Meryl said softly.
Chandler could tell she was being evasive but didn’t push it. Instead, he playfully tapped her nose.
“Look at you, keeping secrets even from your husband?”
Meryl just smiled.
Just then, Walter returned.
To Meryl’s surprise, Rachel had come down with him.
She tapped on the car window and flashed a smile at Chandler.
She chirped, “Are you guys heading out for dinner? Mind if I tag along? I’d love to check out that new restaurant.”
After walking Rachel upstairs, she’d asked Walter to wait outside her door for a moment.
Walter thought she needed something, but minutes later, Rachel emerged in a stunning evening dress with freshly applied lipstick.
She’d clearly gone all out with her appearance.
Now standing by the car, Rachel’s request to join Chandler and
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Meryl’s dinner left Walter both shocked and uncomfortable.
She knew perfectly well this was meant to be a couple’s dinner, yet here she was, butting in. It had to be intentional.
Chandler looked at Rachel, his voice carrying a hint of frost. “You sure you want to join us?”
Rachel gave an innocent smile. “Come on, Chandler, you know they serve my favorite dishes. I’m starving!”
Sticking out her tongue playfully, she didn’t even wait for Chandler’s okay before pulling open the passenger door and sliding in.
Walter couldn’t help but roll his eyes at such brazen behavior.
He wondered why this lady wouldn’t take a hint. She was always throwing herself at taken men; it just made her look desperate.
Seeing Rachel slide into the passenger seat, Meryl pressed her lips together and said quietly, “Her favorite dishes?”
Chandler nodded. “That new place at Olive Mall. Just opened today.”
The car fell silent after Rachel’s unexpected appearance. No one said a word the entire ride.
The atmosphere turned painfully awkward.
Rachel tried several times to break the ice, but her attempts at
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Half an hour later, they pulled into the mall parking lot.
A server greeted the three of them and started leading them to their table.
Chandler noticed right away that Meryl, trailing behind the others, seemed out of sorts.
“Not feeling this place? We could go somewhere else, just the two of us?”
“Don’t bother! You two enjoy your meal. I have work to do!”
Turning to the server, Meryl asked, “Where’s the changing room?”
The server pointed the way, and Meryl walked off with her bag.
Chandler froze, his eyes following her departure.
Rachel winced. “Is your wife upset because of me? Sorry, Chandler. I didn’t mean to crash your plans. I just really wanted to try this place.”
Chandler stayed quiet. A few minutes later, Meryl emerged in her performance dress.
She took her seat in the performance area with the restaurant’s cello, making a few quick adjustments to tune the instrument.