Marrying the Man in the Dark

The man persisted in teasing her, “If you count to ten I’ll know what to do.”

Cherise rolled her eyes, saying, “Do you think I’m a child?”

Despite her words, she still glanced at his face and began counting.

“One, two, three, four… nine, ten!”

As she reached ten, a small truck pulled up outside the Lenoir Group Building.

Two men and a woman emerged from the truck.

The men appeared to be laborers, while the woman had a gentle demeanor reminiscent of someone involved in charity work.

With a smile, the woman ushered the men inside, “Mr. Lenoir, I appreciate your willingness to donate food to the children at the orphanage in Adonia…”

Damien rose from his seat and addressed the lady, “Its not me who wishes to donate. It’s my wife.”

“My wife is compassionate and understands the challenges faced by the children at the orphanage, so she specifically requested me to reach out to you to donate drumsticks to the children.”

Upon hearing this, the woman turned to Cherise with a smile, “Mrs. Lenoir is truly generous and kind- hearted!”

she has such a

director of the orphanage showered Cherise with

only offer a sheepish smile to the woman in charge. “In that case, let’s load these drumsticks onto the

her hand, halting Cherise, “There’s no need for you to do

a wave of her hand, the two men promptly began loading the

was soon filled to the brim with drumsticks.

and Cherise trailed their car to the

orphanage home’s cafeteria, a group of children sat quietly at the tables, awaiting their

into privilege, the children at the orphanage

black eyes shone like grapes-they still had

role of

at the orphanage, Cherise and Damien even donning the volunteer attire and distributing drumsticks

housed

from the small truck would likely only suffice

to the children that evening, Cherise and Damien leaned against the small window outside the cafeteria, observing the children

you see that girl? She resembles you.”

decorated with two round eyes

her head and replied,