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.”

hospital with the twenty million in medical

hope you can specify that fifteen million of the twenty million should

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

I only agreed to ten

“Is that so?”

the Tanner family, the sister

this amount,

send the photos I took this morning to the

that picture will be seen by people all

worth less than ten million, Mr. Lenoir?”

Lenoir’s eyes narrowed slightly, “When did you become

or two from you.”

twinkling mischievously, “You wanted to exchange my time for ten

comparison, aren’t you the more cunning

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after a

had indeed changed.

if he had taken such liberties with her without her consent, she would have been

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