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?”

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

ability to change her stance. Ursula never spared Cherise’s children and would berate and curse them in her presence. However, Ursula was now claiming that Cherise’s son was innocent and

was calm and aloof. “My son said he

and started berating her. Then why did my sister faint after drinking the water? This is clearly poison!”

to cover up the crime you instructed your son to commit? 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 call

ove leisurely and picked up the glass of water. “Would you like to see if you’ll faint after drinking this glass of water, Ms. Ursula?”

sip and faint as well, you can basically do anything you want to us. Who will

that the ‘unconscious’ Rowena had a

But since Rowena had chosen to put on such an act, she would simply watch Rowena continue

to stall, Damien extended his large hand. He picked up the glass of water and downed it in