Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 390 Have You Had Dinner?

“You should have informed Charisa when Cherry was ill. Then, Charisa could have arranged for the best doctors for her.”

“Instead, you chose to accept a job from the black market and brought Cherry back to the village after she recovered.”

“Cherry said you hated going to the city. I suppose one of the reasons was that someone would discover that you set the fire thirteen years ago.”

you feared

“The other reason was that you knew Charisa had people searching for you worldwide.”

Elvis’ fingers turned pale as he clenched his fists.

After a moment, he closed his eyes and muttered, “L… was selfish.”

Suddenly, he recalled a memory from thirteen years ago. A little girl on the hospital bed reached. out her tiny hand and held his hand.

“Uncle Shaw, I don’t have parents, and I don’t want them. All I want is you and Aunt Sarah. You are nice to me.”

“People said you would send me away eventually…”

Her

were swollen from crying. She looked at him expectantly with innocent eyes. “Uncle Shaw, I’ll listen to everything you say. I’ll

don’t send me

face and felt his

coaxed, “But Cherry, your birth mother is a good person. She…”

don’t want her!”

her lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All I want

room. He looked at Damien and replied. sadly,

stayed in the detention center and talked to Elvis all

he returned home, he found Cherise asleep in the study,

revision notes and

handwriting reminded him of her.

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his arms and helped her change into pajamas before laying her on

“Bayes’ theorem…”

studies in her sleep.

feeling amused. He covered her body with a

finding out about Elvis for as long as possible.

Lenoir waited for you all night.”

bed, Damien left the room and bumped into Frances.

warm honey garlic salmon. “Mrs. Lenoir cooked this for you. She waited for you to come home to try it,