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

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

send me

at her doll-like face and felt his heart

coaxed, “But Cherry, your birth mother is a

don’t want

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

cold detention center room. He looked at Damien and replied.

stayed in the detention center and talked to Elvis all afternoon.

Cherise asleep in the

her revision notes and

him of her.

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her change into pajamas

“Bayes’ theorem…”

mumbled about her studies in

He covered

her from finding out about Elvis for as long

waited for you all night.”

in bed, Damien left

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