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.

visited Shawberry. Everything about the place felt both familiar

home were familiar, while the faces around her were

years had passed, and the friends she had during her school days had

deep breath to calm her heart, Cherise pushed open the clean glass door and

sat by the window, smiling downward as he played with his

vantage point, she could see that Sebastian’s phone displayed their

half of their second year of junior high before they were reshuffled in the

was taken, Sebastian had to

his departure, he bid farewell to Cherise, “We will meet again in the future!”

time, Cherise smiled

knew that this parting might mean never

completely forgot about her chubby desk mate, never imagining

or that he would become a formidable rival to her husband.

Cherise’s footsteps, Sebastian instinctively