Chapter 655 The Final Settlement

Meryl leaned gently into Chandler’s embrace.

Chandler had drunk some alcohol tonight, carrying a faint scent of liquor. The smell was not unpleasant; instead, it made him appear even more charismatic as a mature man.

Meryl inhaled the scent and felt like she was getting a little drunk, too.

Her cheeks flushed slightly as she traced circles on Chandler’s chest with her fingers. “You kept it hidden from me so well…”

Throughout the day, her mood had violently fluctuated, and she had never expected Chandler to prepare such a big surprise for her, nor had she imagined that Chandler would put so much thought into their anniversary.

“Since it’s a surprise, I had to keep it from you,” Chandler said as he cupped Meryl’s cheeks and planted a heavy kiss on her lips.

Meryl’s heartbeat began to uncontrollably speed up, especially at the moment when their lips touched.

She could clearly see that Chandler was deeply fascinated by her.

They hugged tightly and kissed passionately.

Sweeping the petals off the bed, he lifted Meryl onto it.

The surrounding air was filled with the fragrance of flowers, and they were surrounded by large clusters of roses, making the atmosphere even more romantic.

This anniversary was very special, filled with a sense of ceremony.

Under the blanket, they lay in silence, only able to hear each other’s breaths.

As the alcohol was starting to take effect, he pressed Meryl against his chest as if he wanted to meld her into his body.

He took advantage of the moment to hold her soft body and kept kissing her lips.

Meryl knew what Chandler wanted to do.

But now, since she was in the late stages of her pregnancy, they couldn’t be doing such a reckless thing anymore.

Meryl and Chandler’s noses touched as they breathed in each other’s scent. She whispered softly, “There’s no need to rush into doing such things. After all, we have a long time ahead of us, don’t you think?”

“You’re right,” Chandler said in a hoarse, low voice.

So he could only kiss her passionately.

By the end of the kiss, Meryl felt dizzy.

Their skin was pressed together. Meryl never knew that kissing could have so many variations.

Her hands, lips, and breath were all closely attached to Chandler’s.

Seeing Chandler panting and leaning over her neck, Meryl kissed his eyebrows and eyes before getting up to go to the bathroom.

When she returned, she rubbed his head with her water–dipped finger but was immediately pulled into Chandler’s embrace again.

With a satisfied expression, he tightly wrapped his arms around her waist from behind. “Meryl, you’re so kind to me.”

Meryl thought of something and suddenly blushed in embarrassment.

At this moment, Chandler seemed to have no bones, clinging to her affectionately.

Thus, he hugged Meryl and slept through the entire night.

While they were hugging tenderly, unknown things were happening in some places where no one paid attention.

Lydia was put in a sack and taken away by Felix.

When the sack on her head was taken off, she found herself in a completely strange place.

Lydia’s first reaction was to protect her belly.

Along the way, she thought over a thousand times but couldn’t figure out why Felix did this to her.

She didn’t even know him, and they had never spoken before, let alone that the Aniston family and the Powell family had never had much contact.

She didn’t know why Felix had kidnapped her like this.

She began to suspect that Dalton owed Felix money.

Dalton had been starting a business recently and seemed to be in desperate need of money.

But that money was all raised by Felix’s brother, so it couldn’t have anything to do with Felix.

“Felix, why did you kidnap me?” Lydia asked.

“You tell me.” Felix said, holding a wine goblet, “Haven’t you thought about the consequences of daring to make trouble on my turf?”

Upon hearing this, Lydia hesitated for a moment and suddenly remembered the glass of plain water that had been drugged earlier.

However, the fact that she had drugged the water was so concealed, yet Felix knew about it, not to mention that she had already thrown away that glass of water.

Lydia refused to admit it. “I don’t understand what you’re talking about!”

“You don’t understand?” Felix sneered and suddenly grabbed Lydia’s chin, saying, “This is the wine goblet you just threw away. I had someone retrieve it.”

Felix’s face was filled with mischievous excitement. “I also saved the liquid from it.”

Saying that, he suddenly brought the wine goblet closer to Lydia. “Do you want to taste it?”

Lydia turned pale with fright in an instant because drinking this liquid while pregnant would be suicidal for her.

“Felix, don’t do anything crazy. I’m pregnant, and it can kill me and my child!” Lydia was really scared now.

Felix had always been impulsive. Once he started acting up, no one could stop him.

She didn’t think Felix was joking at all as he was really capable of doing such a thing!

“What do you want? Money?” Lydia gritted her teeth and said, “I can give you money. Just don’t let me drink it!”

Her child was diagnosed with congenital heart disease, but despite this, Lydia didn’t want to give up.

But if she drank this, her child would be doomed.

If she aborted this child, it would be even more difficult for her to get pregnant in the future.

Felix looked at Lydia with an innocent expression and asked in confusion, “Since you can’t drink it, why did you give it to her?”

Lydia was stunned for a moment and then realized belatedly that Felix had done all this just to seek justice for Meryl.

She began to suspect their relationship and thought, “Could it be that Meryl wasn’t satisfied with seducing Dalton and actually seduced Felix too…”

“Felix, do you like Meryl?” Lydia now seemed to have caught him with something.

She suddenly burst into laughter and said, “She’s really something. She’s made Dalton devoted to her, has Chandler backing her up at any time, and now even you, for her sake, want to harm two innocent lives.”

Lydia didn’t understand why these men were all fascinated by a woman like Meryl.

Felix found Lydia’s laughter a bit annoying.

Grabbing her chin with one hand and, with a cold expression, he poured the liquid from the cup into her mouth.

Lydia gritted her teeth and said, “Felix, you can’t do this to me! This is the child of the Aniston family. Do you want to cause a rift between the Powell family and the Aniston family? If the Aniston family finds out, they won’t let you off!”

Felix said carelessly, “Just as I’m bored every day, I want to see what the Aniston family is going to do to me.”

Seeing that Felix was really going to pour the liquid into her mouth, Lydia summoned all her strength and suddenly hit the wine goblet in his hand with her forehead.

The wine goblet shattered instantly, and the liquid in it spilled all over the place.

Lydia sighed with relief and didn’t even bother with the wound on her forehead from the impact.

Felix, however, dangerously narrowed his eyes and said, “Nice. Now, you really piss me off.”