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.”

and provide our hospital with the twenty million in

donation, I hope you can specify that fifteen million of the twenty million should be

a faint smile playing on his lips,

only agreed to ten

“Is that so?”

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

this amount, it’s not a problem.”

the photos I took

will be seen by people all over

think that’s worth less than ten million, Mr. Lenoir?”

“When did you become so shrewd?”

thing or two

“You wanted to exchange my time

you the

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after a moment, he

had indeed

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

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