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

at him expectantly with innocent eyes.

me away,

time, he looked at her doll-like face and felt his heart melting into

he gently coaxed, “But Cherry, your birth mother is a good person.

want her!”

anything else. All I want is to live in Shaw’s village with you and Aunt Sarah!”

his eyes in the cold detention center room. He looked at

detention center and

he found Cherise asleep in the study,

revision notes and smiled.

of her.

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helped her change into pajamas

“Bayes’ theorem…”

mumbled about her studies in

feeling amused. He covered her body with

finding out about Elvis for as long as possible. She has

waited for

Damien left

held a plate of warm honey garlic salmon. “Mrs. Lenoir cooked this for you. She waited for you to come home to try