Marrying the Man in the Dark

At that time, Cherise didn’t fully grasp Sebastian’s circumstances, but she could sense that he was perpetually gloomy.

Therefore, she consistently offered words of comfort to Sebastian, assuring him that he was just as capable as anyone else.

Over time, she developed a close friendship with Sebastian; he even shared his drumsticks with her on numerous occasions.

It marked Cherise’s inaugural experience with drumsticks.

The juicy taste of the meat from the drumsticks was simply too exquisite.

As a result, she developed a fondness for it, eventually becoming her favorite food of all time.

“You’ve been through a lot.”

Damien sighed softly, extending his arms to embrace Cherise. “From now on, I’ll give you as many drumsticks as you desire.”

“However, let’s avoid a repeat of today!”

Cherise smiled wryly at Damien. “Today’s fiasco really frightened me.”

“If I consume all these drumsticks, you might not recognize me tomorrow!” she cried.

Observing Cherise’s helpless expression, Damien smiled gently as he embraced her and planted a kiss on her cheek. “It won’t happen again.”

“But this moment is quite pleasant as well,” he said as he rested his chin on her head.

glance at the children relishing their drumsticks. “These children are truly deservin of pity,” she muttered softly, her eyes large and rimmed with

parentless children enjoying their

it a point to visit them more frequently in the future,” she said, her gaze

solemnly, Damien responded, “Agreed.”

a pause, Cherise took a deep breath before saying, “These children truly tug at

well,” she added wistfully, her eyes looking as if they were gazing into a distant

third and fourth child, but you never consent to

her eyes at him and

reflecting on her memories and pondering on what she could do to help those

this man’s mind wandering!?

was about to push Damien away, his lips tenderly met hers.

as Cherise was about to resist, the window beside her suddenly creaked

children from the orphanage peered through the window, beaming at Cherise and Damien. “Oh! The prince and princess are sharing

you two the prince

“How romantic!”

even clapped in

silence surprise,

meal and

hearing the children’s hubbub, the female head supervisor swiftly

the children were then prompted to be silent and