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

with innocent eyes.

me away, okay?”

at her doll-like face and felt his heart melting into a puddle.

Cherry, your birth mother is

want

clung to his arm like it was her lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All I want is

in the cold detention center room. He looked at Damien

stayed in the detention center and talked to Elvis all

he returned home, he found Cherise asleep in the

at her revision notes and smiled.

her. It was meticulous yet endearing.

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

“Bayes’ theorem…”

about her studies in her

smiled, feeling amused. He covered

long as possible. She has to sit for her

waited for

bed, Damien left the room and

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