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

never celebrated his birthday within those thirteen years. Everyone else had the same mind that his birthday was a

Maeve were still alive, she

smoking his third cigarette when Cherise came back

in her

item in her arms through the corner of his eye.

forehead, she smiled and avoided his eyes. “The shop. owner said

pry further.

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you not coming

stayed in the driver’s seat,

“No, no.”

hand. “I have something to

turned the car around

failed and that

people to take my clinic

to get involved in such a risk.

go now!”

disappear and pursed

the cake in her arms,

was deadly silent in the

warmly whenever she came home. The house would be lively