Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 83 Cake From Little Swan

He pressed his lips together and turned the car back. “I know a patisserie.”

The car made a few turns and eventually stopped at an alley in the older parts of the city.

Jacob pointed at an old sign saying ‘Little Swan Patisserie. “Go on. His sister used to buy him cakes from here.”

“Alright!”

Cherise nodded, slung her back over her shoulders, and dashed toward the shop.

Leaning back in his seat, Jacob wound the window down and lit a cigarette.

Through the smoke, he saw the white-shirt girl push open the old shop door.

It was as though she was opening Damien’s long-closed heart.

A smile of relief appeared on his face.

The butler’s right. Cherise is truly a cure for Damien.

The girl’s naivety and kindness almost seemed to belong in a fairy tale.

thirteen years since

Everyone else had the same mind

only one who thought that if Maeve were still alive,

when Cherise came

held it carefully in

the corner of

her forehead, she smiled and avoided his eyes. “The shop. owner said they didn’t have any ready to go and baked one immediately. That

doubtful, but he did not pry further. He drove back to

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you not coming to

her head and looked at Jacob. He stayed in the driver’s seat, not intending

“No, no.”

waved his hand. “I have something to do at the

around and quickly

celebration failed and that guy began questioning…

people to take my clinic

not want to get involved in such a

go now!”

the cake in her arms, Cherise watched Jacob’s car disappear and pursed her lips. “Is it

with the cake

silent in the manor.

whenever she came home.