Chapter 491 They Were Not In Love

Cherise sat at the table, her lips pressed tightly together while her hands clenched under the table.

In the brief ten minutes they had been seated, Charisa had mentioned death for the third time. Cherise’s intuition strongly suggested that Charisa didn’t say these words lightly.

Cherise’s lips quivered, and she instinctively reached for Charisa’s hand, but the woman evaded her touch with calm composure. “I’m not comfortable with physical contact.”

She glanced indifferently at Cherise, then rose from her seat and walked out. “I’ll go check on what they’re cooking.

With those words, she left Cherise in the wake of her cold and distant departure.

Cherise’s hand froze mid-air, leaving her with a profound sense of loneliness.

her lip, she turned to Zachary.

his gaze unusually serious. “What are you trying

Cherise murmured, her fist

is fine. Zachary’s brows furrowed slightly as he looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been a

and she has been living alone all these years. No children, no friends. She only lets Kareen and me get a bit closer. So, try to understand her.

a tinge of bitterness settling

felt a deep connection with Charisa, thinking she genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude

about her… and your uncle, were they

Charisa’s solitary life for over a decade, she assumed that her not

Beyond knowing that she was her biological mother and the head

her father, Grandpa had been vague. All he had said was that Charisa felt

that one of the reasons Charisa had

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