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

at Damien, “Additionally, when making the donation, I hope you can specify that fifteen million of the twenty million should be allocated to our cardiology department,

his suit jacket, a faint smile playing on his lips,

only

“Is that so?”

sharp gaze fixed on him, “Considering what you just did to the daughter of the Tanner family, the sister of Ms. Charisa of Miles Manor, I believe charging you ten

this amount, it’s

took this morning

“Imagine, that picture will be seen by people all

less

eyes narrowed slightly, “When did you become

learned a thing or two from

twinkling mischievously, “You wanted to exchange

the

1/2

and after a

had indeed changed.

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

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