Marrying the Man in the Dark

How could a woman from a rural area, carning only a little over three thousand a month, afford to pay two hundred thousand? Furthermore, how could she have the connections to arrange for her son to study abroad?

Perhaps realizing that his lie was falling apart, Mr. Whitlock quickly implicated Heather and Mr. Zeller. “They’re conspiring! Heather and this Mr. Zeller are in cahoots! It’s them!

“I don’t know this young lady.” Mr. Zeller crossed his arms, leaning against a distant pillar, calmly observing Mr. Whitlock’s performance. “Mr. Whitlock, you took our money. Why are you trying to shift the blame onto others? Ms. Weiss will be displeased if she hears this. Then, your son will lose his chance to study abroad.”

Mr. Whitlock froze. He looked at Mr. Zeller before turning to Cherise again. “Cherise, I can explain…”

Cherise couldn’t be bothered with him. She helped Heather to her feet, saying, “If anything happens to Heather, I will hold your entire family responsible!”

After saying that, Cherise immediately grabbed Heather and left the room. By now, Heather’s face was red and swollen.

to lean against a pillar and looked at Mr. Whitlock with disdain. “What’s Cherise’s background? Why did you suddenly turn against us and use another

“Don’t you investigate a person’s identity before you set them up? When you brought up Mr. Lenoir and Ms. Weiss having lunch together, I thought it meant you had won over Mr. Lenoir. You almost ruined

recalled what had just happened. He foolishly thought these people

But in reality…

Zeller and Mr. Whitlock were talking, someone knocked on the door and opened it. It was Damien in a black suit and a woman in a long white dress.

at Mr. Whitlock indifferently. “I’m here to pick up

a colleague got injured just now, so Dr. Shaw

that, he looked at Damien, trying to win some favor. “Dr. Shaw is truly a kind person.”

the hospital

Whitlock nodded, “Yes, a colleague got