Marrying the Man in the Dark

Is she really going to throw the keys down?

Didn’t she just kick me out of the car? Why is she letting me into her house now?

Does she want to talk to me?

Damien furrowed his brow, feeling skeptical as he walked to the area below Cherise’s apartment. He positioned himself where the keys could be caught.

“What are you up to?”

Although doubts had started creeping into his mind, he couldn’t shake the feeling that the person on the other end couldn’t be anyone else.

After all, no one else would have known so much about his relationship with Cherise and gone as far as to seek out Mr. Kolson’s WhatsApp account.

Damien pondered with furrowed brows.

‘Splash!’ A basin of cold water was abruptly dumped from Cherise’s balcony.

Damien was drenched. Chill seeped into his bones.

Never before had he been so thoroughly and embarrassingly drenched.

Mr. Kolson witnessed everything from a distance. His mouth hung open in shock. “Mr. Lenoir…”

moment, Damien’s phone

you think you can win over Mommy?

and leave, creep! Mommy has me

Damien Lenoir was speechless.

“Ren?”

Serafina’s hair and sent her back to her room. After draining the bathtub, she found Soren still on the balcony, holding a basin and watering the

“Soren, it’s time for your bath and

succulents. They’ll die

“Oh.”

boy in light blue pajamas responded before returning to the living room with the empty basin. He closed the balcony door and said, “Mommy, you and Sera can

“Okay.”

her son’s hair, “Hurry up and finish

“Got it!”

bathroom

tale storybook and lay down on the bed. “Where did we stop

were at the part where the mermaid turned into a human to find the

in pink rabbit-print pajamas leaned against the

mermaid and narrated it earnestly, “The mermaid

handed tissues to Damien in the black

“Hmm.”

his coat,