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

send me

doll-like face and felt his heart melting into a

gently coaxed, “But Cherry, your birth mother is a

want her!”

lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All I want is to live in Shaw’s village

his eyes in the cold detention center room. He looked at Damien and replied. sadly, “I couldn’t bear

the detention center and talked to Elvis all

returned home, he found Cherise asleep in

her revision notes and

of her.

1/2

her change

“Bayes’ theorem…”

about her studies in her sleep.

He covered

finding out about Elvis for as long as possible. She has to sit for her finals

waited for

bed, Damien left the room and bumped

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