Marrying the Man in the Dark

Isn’t that a dormitory for school staff?

She is Beckham and Charisa’s daughter. Surely, she doesn’t have to live so modestly, right?

“We’re home!”

The door of the red BMW swung open. A little girl in a white frilly dress hopped out, beaming happily. She sprinted towards the entrance of the dormitory, saying, “Mommy, I’m so tired!”

Cherise locked the car. She held her children’s hands and entered the apartment building. “Let’s hurry home, take a bath, and go to bed.”

“Okay!”

“Ms. Shaw, you’re twenty-five years old. Can you stop talking in a childish voice like Sera?”

“Hey, twenty-five is still considered young!”

“Mommy, people my age are what is called young…”

and her children’s conversation fading into the distance. His lips curved into a

public, Cherise reverted to her down-to-earth self

against the car, lit a cigarette, and observed the lights flicker to

did not fall in love with another man and their children had his blood in

walls of the apartment were adorned with pink rabbit- patterned wallpapers. There

turned on the light. “Sera, Ren, go change your clothes. I’ll get the

Mommy!” Serafina grinned and announced, “I’ll go change

one hand tucked in his pocket as he quietly observed Cherise. “Did you deal with a

and was momentarily startled. She turned to her son with a smile. Although he was only five, his attitude seemed more like that of a fifteen-year-old. “Why do you

because you’ve been frowning and forcing

it must be someone

“So, Ms. Shaw, what kind of problem did you encounter that made

her son’s

just tired from working

you didn’t used to act like this

Cherise was rendered speechless.