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.”

your promise and provide our hospital with the twenty million in

donation, I hope you can specify that

jacket, a faint smile playing on his lips, “Dr. Shaw, you

recall this morning, I only agreed to ten

“Is that so?”

him, “Considering what you just did to the daughter of the Tanner family, the sister of

you disagree with this amount, it’s not a

send the photos I took

at him, “Imagine, that picture will be seen

you think that’s worth less than

narrowed slightly, “When did you become so shrewd?”

learned a thing or two from

twinkling mischievously, “You wanted to exchange my time for

aren’t you the more

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her, and after a moment,

indeed

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

only did she not ignore him, she even thought to use that to her