Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 30 Shouldn’t Family Members Help Each Other?

Cherise shook her head. She pushed him to the elevator and said earnestly, “We can be intimate at home. We don’t have to do this…”

“For example?”

“Like on the couch, and… in bed, and…‘

The man scratched his lips indifferently. “You can be on top too.”

Cherise was dumbstruck.

Perhaps it was easier to feel sleepy on a full stomach. On the way to Lenoir Manor from Garden Paradise, Cherise leaned back in the genuine leather seat and fell asleep in a daze.

A sharp ringtone awoke her from her dreams after some time.

She reached out for her cell phone, half–conscious, and answered. “Hello……”

“Cherise, it’s Aunt Eriana.”

Eriana’s insincere voice rang on the other end. “I’m in Adania Hospital now. Your cousin got into a fight and is severely injured. I didn’t bring any money. Can you…”

“No.”

“Aunt

laughed. “I know you don’t have much

home… No, your husband…”

to him. It’s not

from the woman’s voice on the other end of the phone. She crawled out of bed and realized she was lying in the large bed in her and Damien’s

Did I fall asleep and

“Cherise?”

was greeted with silence. “Cherise, I don’t often call you or ask for help, but

a lot back when you were

turned cold as she

what had happened in the

in school, she wanted to help her uncle and aunt save money, so she ran to Eriana’s house to borrow Nicky’s old textbooks. In the end, Eriana had shamed her, and she had helped to do a week’s worth of farm work before Eriana was willing to lend her Nicky’s

had shamed her back then. Still, Eriana was now saying

breath and

prepared to

her multiple times, disturbing Cherise so much

downstairs to make herself a glass of warm