Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 22 You Can’t Be So Reckless

“We were just sending you away so we could talk about things we didn’t want you to know about.”

Cherise’s actions stopped entirely.

She turned and looked at Damien with a complicated expression.

“So you didn’t have to rush back at all. Nor did you need to get yourself into such a wretched

state.”

Cherise gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but Elvis immediately started to smooth things over. “Mr. Lenoir, Cherise was afraid you were hungry.”

“Please don’t take offense. Cherise grew up in the countryside since she was young. She views things too simply sometimes. Please pardon her.”

“Uncle Shaw!”

Cherise gritted her teeth. She didn’t think she had done anything wrong, so she couldn’t stand her uncle degrading her before Damien.

“Keep quiet, Cherise!”

from now on. You can’t

you have a reputation as Mrs. Lenoir. It’s more important than this. dispensable breakfast!”

to me, you think your breakfast is more important!”

the Lenoir family’s

arguing made Damien turn away silently. He wheeled himself to the window to

other than the villa’s

climb up more than ten flights of stairs like Cherise

been lonely and

heard ordinary people like Elvis and Cherise argue over something

He shut his eyes and had a self–deprecating smile

“Here, your breakfast.”

voice rang in his ears. “I tried

and sandwiches, so I bought what was available. Don’t

your

faced with Cherise’s tiny, charming face..

looking down and inserting a straw into a milkshake. She looked up with a smile as she passed it to him. “I bet someone as wealthy as you hasn’t tried this before. It’s delicious.”

taking it from her, she grabbed his hand and put the milkshake in it. “I carried it up fifteen floors. Don’t be