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.

her lips. “Thank goodness Lulu

thought about it. “I used to think he was a good guy!”

him now! If it weren’t for his rejection, Lulu wouldn’t have

unfair comment in the afternoon, her anger surged

he detected a suspicious figure

the third floor, while Cherise stayed in a single-story house. From his elevated. position, he could clearly observe a woman in sportswear and a cap holding something resembling a water bucket, discreetly

inexplicably profound. “Are you

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bit her lip. “There’s also

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

–

could see it clearly it

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

who had been facing away from it, was

clutched his phone, urgently commanding, “Run!”

a moment, bewildered by