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

the scent of home were familiar, while the faces around her were unfamiliar.

friends she had during her

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

Sebastian sat by the window, smiling downward

could see that Sebastian’s phone displayed their junior high

a class picture taken in the second half of their second year

Sebastian had to leave due to family

to Cherise, “We will meet again in

time, Cherise smiled and

she knew that this parting might mean never seeing each other

completely forgot about her chubby desk mate, never imagining that the chubby boy, Sebastian

never anticipated that he would come from a prominent family or that he would

Cherise’s footsteps, Sebastian instinctively looked