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 and

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

friends she had during her school days had all

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

Sebastian sat by the window, smiling downward

point, she could see that Sebastian’s phone displayed their junior high school class

a class picture taken in the second half of their second year of junior high before they were

taken, Sebastian had to leave due to family

departure, he bid farewell to Cherise, “We will

smiled and

she knew that this parting might mean never seeing

chubby desk mate, never imagining

that he would come from a prominent family or

from hearing Cherise’s footsteps,