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.

her lip, she turned to

unusually serious. “What are you

Cherise murmured,

as he looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been a bit

living alone all these years. No children, no 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

tinge of bitterness settling within

connection with Charisa, thinking she genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to

her… and your uncle, were

decade, she assumed that her not remarrying was due to a deep affection for Zachary’s

she was her biological mother and the head of the Miles Family, she had no knowledge about

asked why her mother left her father, Grandpa had been vague. All he had said was that Charisa felt unprotected by her father, so she

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