Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 516 Whispers of Devotion. 

Damien closed his eyes, and a teardrop trickled down from the corner of his eye.

His voice was low and quivered, “I don’t know.”

Cherise regained consciousness and immediately noticed her right hand wrapped in bandages.

“Mom!”

As Cherise awoke, the first image that flashed in Cherise’s mind was Charisa.

The haunting recollection was etched in her memory as she recalled Charisa being carried away on a stretcher, soaked in blood, just before she lost consciousness.

Mom’s health was already fragile.

Could she still endure?

“Aunt Charisa is fine.”

Zachary rose from his seat, grabbed a pillow, and skillfully positioned it behind Cherise, allowing her to relax against the headboard easily. Reflecting on the unsettling incident, he remarked, “I don’t know if Maeve hesitated at the last moment or if it was a mere slip of the hand.”

“She didn’t hit any of Aunt Charisa’s vital organs; Aunt Charisa barely managed to pull through.”

“Thirsty? Would you like a glass of water?”

“Mm.”

Cherise breathed a sigh of relief, but when she reached for Zachary’s glass of water, she noticed his heavily bandaged right hand and gasped.

noticed this, too.

approached with water

“Mm.”

The girl nodded.

her health demands ongoing hospital monitoring. It will take another day to confirm

Cherise nodded.

I see her

until tomorrow.”

smiled reassuringly, “Don’t worry,

-Aunt Charisa

under her care. I care for her as much as you care

I wouldn’t be sitting

lips, hesitated, and finally believed Zachary’s

“Where’s my father?”

else could he be? He’s with Aunt Charisa.”

and poured a glass of water. He sighed while

Aunt Charisa lay unconscious, he clasped her hand, expressing his longing to be by

words trailed off.

if you die, I will die

did not share this

had just recently accepted Aunt Charisa’s illness.

she knew that Beckham was

newly acknowledged parents all at once

lips and sighed, setting

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