Marrying the Man in the Dark

‘Gurgle. The sound reverberated in the room once again.

Cherise chuckled somewhat sheepishly. “Ms. Ursula, it’s not that I’m hungry. It’s just a natural bodily response that I can’t control.”

Upon hearing Cherise’s explanation, Damien furrowed his brows slightly and looked at her tenderly. “Why don’t you go downstairs and grab something to cat? I’ll ask Jacob to come and examine Rowena.”

“Are you allowing her to leave and cat?” Ursula raised her brows furiously. “She hasn’t explained why she told her son to drug my sister!”

Cherise found it amusing. She looked at Ursula indifferently. “I told him?”

and you must have influenced him! How could a five-year-old child think of drugging someone? An adult must have

them in her presence. However,

was calm and aloof. “My son said he just crushed up an effervescent Vitamin C tablet that I usually give him

pointed at Cherise and started berating her. Then why did my sister

You made him drug my sister, but now you’re claiming that the substance in the water was a Vitamin C tablet?!” Ursula’s voice was shrill and piercing. “How dare you

and picked up the glass of water. “Would you like to see if

fainted after just one sip. If I take a sip and faint as well, you can basically do anything you want to us. Who will stand

the ‘unconscious’ Rowena had a strange expression as

seemed that the drug was taking effect. It was… very difficult to resist the effect of the laxative. But

Cherise was contemplating how she could continue to stall, Damien extended his large hand. He picked up the