Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 212 I Don’t Need Special Treatment

Damien was very different from how he used to be.

Cherise looked at him, entranced. In the past, she had never noticed this energetic side of the man who was always in a wheelchair. Could it be that she was the reason for his change?

Cherise shook her head, abruptly interrupting her train of thought. What had she been thinking? Even the truth about Damien’s eyes was uncovered by her, with Damien merely acknowledging. her discovery. How could she be so naive as to assume she was the cause of his transformation?

With these musings, a sensation of loss swelled within her heart, like ink saturating paper. It weighed on her until Lucy tugged at her arm and said, “Let’s go!”

Only then did Cherise return to reality; it was time for the physical fitness test.

Due to her short stature, her starting position was toward the rear, and she happened to be in the last group of students participating in the 800-meter assessment.

her, visibly fatigued and sweating, Cherise felt an inexplicable

the starting line, Lucy clenched her fist and cheered her on. “You’ve

to hers. With a sun hat, stopwatch hanging around his neck, and the attendance roster

Cherise’s heart quickened.

smiled gently at

fixed her gaze ahead. With the whistle’s shrill sound, she and the

girls’ pace in front of Cherise began to dwindle. Although Cherise maintained her

a moment of distraction, and due to inertia, Cherise found herself sprawled on the ground. Strong, masculine hands steadied her shoulders just before her face could meet the

her knee took the brunt of the

and inquired, “Can you

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her teeth and

up halfway wasn’t in her nature, especially not for a