Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 177 How Could I Not

During the trip, he was not only accompanying his wife back to her hometown but also taking steps to enhance the security in her home village and initiating financial support

for small businesses.

“How could I not?” The man raised his eyes, observing the petite woman by the small river with Blake, who was wholly engrossed in fishing. “I want to ensure that her favorite foods. await her every time she returns.”

He gently shut his eyes.

The neighborhood restaurant boasted a wishing wall adorned with sticky notes bearing the heartfelt wishes of the restaurant’s patrons.

As Cherise enjoyed her meal, Damien took a moment to scan the wishing wall thoughtfully.

Eventually, he found a pink, heart-shaped sticky note in the corner. In elegant

handwriting, it read, “I hope that each time I return, I can savor the amazing food in this restaurant! Cherise.”

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Damien opened his eyes. He focused through the black silk covering them, gazing steadily at Cherise, who was bathed in the soft, orange light of the setting

wish was so simple; how could he possibly

“Darling!”

bucket filled with fish. “I caught a massive fish!” She

was a fish measuring about twenty centimeters.

with him, but her gaze suddenly locked onto the black silk obscuring Damien’s

brief moment, her downcast lips quivered, “I’m sorry, darling, I forgot that.

you

evident as she clenched her hands. Regardless, she vowed to herself that she would take her husband

mustered a faint. smile,

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are slippery and smelly, you… you don’t mind?”

his head gently.

disappointment

plunged it into the water bucket. Yet, the fish proved to be quite elusive. Every time she made contact with it using Damien’s hand,

the entire water bucket toppled over amidst

small river. When the fish leaped from the