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

expectantly with innocent eyes.

me away, okay?”

doll-like face and felt his heart melting

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

don’t want her!”

arm like it was her lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All I want is to live in Shaw’s village with you and Aunt

in the cold detention center room. He looked at Damien and replied. sadly, “I couldn’t bear to let her go.”

stayed in the detention center and talked

home, he found Cherise asleep

her revision notes and smiled.

him of her. It

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her in his arms and helped her change

“Bayes’ theorem…”

her studies in her sleep.

He covered her body with a blanket.

Elvis for as long as possible. She has to sit for her

for you all

Cherise in bed, Damien left the

this for you. She waited for you