Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 42 I’ll Wait

Cherise looked at the time. It was already seven at night. She smiled and said embarrassedly to Frances, “I’m studying in the library and lost track of the time. I’m sorry. I’ll come back at once!”

Before she finished speaking, someone called out to her. “Cherise, the patient at 203 wants to take a walk. Go and keep them company!”

The person shouted loudly.

On the other end of the phone, Frances fell silent momentarily. “Mrs. Lenoir, are you really at the library?”

“Mm.”

Cherise felt guilty. “Alright, I’ll be coming back in half an hour. Tell Damien not to wait. I’ve

eaten.”

After that, she ignored what Frances said on the other end of the phone and hung up.

She kept her cell phone before rushing to 203 and taking the patient for a walk.

chilly night breeze blew, and she realized she

in Swan Lake Chateau, where Lenoir Manor was

man in the wheelchair picked up his coffee gracefully and sipped it. “She can’t even come up with a good

Frances to make the call. It was on speakerphone once the call went through. Therefore, he heard everything, including Cherise’s frantic voice and tone when she was lying.

Mrs. Lenoir is being extorted and is working part–time. Are you

by his side and asked

the cup of coffee in his hands on a saucer. A sneer was on the corners of his lips. “She’s hiding it from me because she doesn’t want me to know. Why should

baffled. “But Mr. Lenoir, she’s your

for you if she’s working

corners of his lips curved into a sarcastic smile. “When have I

was abandoned many years ago. To other people, he had

than Old Mr. Lenoir, no one

“But…”

don’t want to

changed into a more comfortable position as he leaned back in his wheelchair. “Once she fully grasps how a husband–and–wife relationship should work, I’ll help

he saw the man’s expression turn cold. “Mr. Lenoir, will you still wait for Mrs. Lenoir to have dinner?”

Why don’t

shook his head, and his thin lips parted slightly. He only said