Marrying the Man in the Dark

“I’m not sure,” Damien replied.

Damien lightly closed his eyes. Cherise had been preoccupied with something since morning.

He had asked her about it, but since she didn’t say anything, he decided not to press the matter further.

However, he was still feeling uneasy about it, so he ordered, “Let Blake follow her and ensure her safety.”

Cherise drove to Shawberry by herself.

She chose not to have Mr. Kolson drive, nor did she opt for a taxi.

After all, the distance from Adonia to Shawberry wasn’t too far, and many taxi drivers were reluctant to make the trip.

During the journey, Cherise pondered how to broach the topic of the conflict between the Lenoir Group and the Weiss Group with Sebastian. Unbeknownst to her, a black BMW had been tailing her since she left the Lenoir Group building.

Thirty minutes later, Cherise’s car pulled up in front of an old fried chicken shop in Shawberry.

Everything about the place felt both familiar and unfamiliar

the scent of home were familiar,

and the friends she had during her school

final deep breath to calm her heart, Cherise pushed open the

downward as he played with

point, she could see that Sebastian’s

in the second half of their second year of junior high before

Sebastian had to leave due to

day of his departure, he bid farewell to

Cherise smiled and

down, she knew that this parting might mean never seeing each other again in this

workload of the third year piled up, Cherise completely forgot about her chubby desk mate, never

he would come from a prominent family or that he would become a formidable rival to

hearing Cherise’s footsteps, Sebastian instinctively looked up.