Marrying the Man in the Dark

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,

water and

“Mm.”

The girl nodded.

Charisa’s condition isn’t critical, her health demands ongoing hospital monitoring. It will

Cherise nodded.

I see her then?”

until tomorrow.”

reassuringly, “Don’t worry, Bunny.”

-Aunt Charisa is doing

care. I care for her

happened to her, I wouldn’t be sitting here idly chatting with you.”

hesitated, and finally believed Zachary’s words.

“Where’s my father?”

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

poured a glass of water. He sighed while drinking, “Mr. Lenoir

her hand, expressing his longing to be by her

words trailed

also professed, “Ari, if you die, I will die with

not share

accepted Aunt Charisa’s

she knew that Beckham

all at once would be too harsh for

her lips and sighed,