Marrying the Man in the Dark

hapter 553 Unspoken Feelings

The sound of Lucas’ footsteps faded into the distance, leaving behind a profound silence..

Cherise lifted her gaze, her eyes icy as they met Damien’s. She bit down hard on his arm-

Their long-awaited intimate encounter was brief.

Despite her body’s yearning for more, Damien understood that Cherise was no longer the same woman he once knew.

In the past, she was a naive student, and he could take advantage of her without reservation.

But now, she was astute, composed, and mature, a respected doctor.

He couldn’t waste her time or damage her reputation.

“Mr. Lenoir.”

Cherise emerged from the bathroom, made herself presentable, but her face still showed a hint of discomfort, “I can choose to forget what happened.”

promise and provide our hospital with the twenty million

hope you can

smile playing on his lips, “Dr. Shaw, you certainly know how to negotiate.”

recall this morning, I only agreed to ten

“Is that so?”

what you just did to the daughter of the Tanner family, the sister of Ms. Charisa of

disagree with this amount, it’s not

simply send the photos I took this morning to

“Imagine, that picture will be seen by people all over the

less than

“When did you become

a thing or

mischievously, “You wanted to exchange my

aren’t you the

1/2

after

had indeed changed.

had taken such liberties with her without her consent, she would have been furious, giving him the

him, she even thought to use that