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.

years since Maeve passed on.

years. Everyone else had

Maeve were still alive, she would want.

smoking his third cigarette when Cherise came back with the cake.

held it carefully in

arms through the corner of his eye. “Why did it take so

the sweat on 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

did not pry further. He drove back to the

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you not coming

stayed in

“No, no.”

something to do at the clinic. I’ll

car around and quickly

birthday celebration failed and that guy began questioning…

to take

want to get involved in such

go now!”

Jacob’s car disappear and pursed her lips. “Is it that

took a deep breath and turned around. She trod carefully with the cake in her arms, worried that

silent in

and the butler would greet her warmly whenever she came home. The house would be