Marrying the Man in the Dark

Cherise was so startled that she nearly dropped her phone. Instinctively, she turned her gaze toward the sound – A man wrapped in a towel stood in the bathroom, staring at her.

The midday sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating his bare abs, making them all the more enticing. Cherise heard herself gulp upon seeing this,

Damien leaned against the door with a faint smile playing on his lips as he observed her. “So, Mrs. Lenoir, who always seemed so unwilling to be around me, actually has feelings for me.”

She was just exchanging pleasantries with Zachary, merely using him as an example!

“Alright, I understand.” The man gave Cherise a faint smile, “Continue buying red roses tonight.”

Cherise asked, “Can we… change the color?”

Though Damien’s voice was not loud, the bathroom was indeed small. On the other end of the phone, Zachary had long heard Damien’s voice.

The man’s warm smile was evident in his voice. “Let Dame come to me. I’ll chat with your man for a while, you go and sort out my wife.” With that, the man chuckled and hung up the phone.

Cherise held her phone with her mind in turmoil. She looked up at Damien, “Zachary said… um…!”

sentence, Damien pressed her against the wall, kissing her passionately on her

sudden kiss. Helplessly, she wrapped her arms around his strong waist and

girl, let me kiss you for a while.” The man held

can make me feel less tired.” His weary voice made Cherise’s struggling hand instantly drop. The woman reached out her arm, gently stroking the

going to

to go and

“For what?”

hostile towards anyone who interferes

as he said

a while, she let out a long sigh of relief, quickly freshened up,

dress, looking thin and exhausted,

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Seeing Cherise, the young girl threw herself into Cherise’s arms, tears streaming down her