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…”

car and listened to Cherise and her children’s conversation fading into the distance. His

how she acted in public, Cherise reverted to her down-to-earth self when with

lit a cigarette, and observed the lights flicker to life in the staff

he remembered. As long as she did not fall in love with another man and their children had his blood in their veins, he

with pink rabbit- patterned wallpapers.

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

and announced,

hand tucked in his pocket as he quietly observed Cherise. “Did

and was momentarily startled. She turned to her son with a smile. Although he was only five, his attitude seemed more like that of

you’ve been frowning and forcing

trouble, it

gracefully plopped down on the couch. “So, Ms. Shaw, what kind of problem

ruffled her son’s

tired

didn’t used to act like this when you worked

Cherise was rendered speechless.