Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 491 They Were Not In Love 

Cherise sat at the table, her lips pressed tightly together while her hands clenched under the table.

In the brief ten minutes they had been seated, Charisa had mentioned death for the third time. Cherise’s intuition strongly suggested that Charisa didn’t say these words lightly.

Cherise’s lips quivered, and she instinctively reached for Charisa’s hand, but the woman evaded her touch with calm composure. “I’m not comfortable with physical contact.”

She glanced indifferently at Cherise, then rose from her seat and walked out. “I’ll go check on what they’re cooking.

With those words, she left Cherise in the wake of her cold and distant departure.

Cherise’s hand froze mid-air, leaving her with a profound sense of loneliness.

lip, she turned to

frown deepened, his gaze unusually serious. “What are you

murmured, her fist tightening.

slightly as he looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been a bit more sentimental than usual lately.”

friends. She only lets Kareen and me get a bit closer. So, try to understand her. It’s not that she rejects your touch. She’s just not used to being touched by anyone,” Zachary

lip, a tinge of bitterness settling

had felt a deep connection with Charisa, thinking she genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that it didn’t allow any

sniffled. “So, about her… and your

that her not remarrying was due

very little about Charisa. Beyond knowing that she was her biological mother and the head of the Miles Family, she had no knowledge about

previously asked why her mother left her father, Grandpa had been vague. All he had said was that

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