Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 306 Fire!

“No,” she said with a somewhat weary look, lowering her head. “I don’t know why, but today I feel unusually tired, so I decided to come back early to get some rest.”

Damien inquired, “What about your place of stay?”

He settled into a more comfortable position on the balcony, watching her petite form near the wall. “Is staying in the grand villa more comfortable than at home?”

Cherise responded, telling a little white lie to spare him any worry, “It’s about the same. It’s quite spacious here, and everyone has been kind to me.”

Changing the subject, she asked, “Are you done with your work?”

“Yeah, I just saw Lenn off.”

“Lenn?” Cherise furrowed her brow. “He came to our place?”

“Yes, but he had left because he got distracted by a woman.”

The man chuckled softly, remembering the anger that washed over Lennon’s face when he saw Rodney attempting to tamper with Lucy’s drink while Lennon was keeping a close watch with binoculars. It had been twelve years since Damien had seen Lennon that. incensed.

pursed her lips. “Thank goodness Lulu didn’t

anger flared each time she thought about it. “I used

his rejection, Lulu wouldn’t

comment in the

something when he detected a suspicious figure

while Cherise stayed in a single-story house. From his elevated. position, he could clearly observe a woman in sportswear

furrowed, and his voice turned inexplicably profound. “Are you

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also Mandy; she twisted her

as she finished speaking, Damien saw the woman behind Cherise’s house retrieve a small object from her

–

eyes narrowed. He could see it clearly it was a lighter!

lighter onto the gasoline-drenched ground, and in an instant, flames

fire began behind the house, and Cherise, who had been facing away from it, was blissfully unaware.

his phone, urgently commanding,

hesitated for a moment, bewildered by the sudden urgency.