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

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

send me away, okay?”

doll-like face and felt his

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

want

was her lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All I want is to live in

eyes in the cold detention center room. He looked at Damien and replied. sadly,

and talked

Cherise asleep in the study, hugging a

at her revision notes

him of her. It

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

“Bayes’ theorem…”

mumbled about her studies in

smiled, feeling amused. He covered her

must prevent her from finding out about Elvis for as long as possible. She has

Lenoir waited for you

in bed, Damien left

warm honey garlic salmon. “Mrs. Lenoir cooked this for you. She