Marrying the Man in the Dark

As she spoke, she looked at Damien patiently. “Calm down. There may be other ulterior motives behind this.”

Damien looked at her for a while before turning around silently. He looked straight at Blake. “Since you’ve already determined that I wanted to harm you why did you return to Lenoir Manor and come back to me after you went through so much trouble to rescue Cherise?”

Blake pursed his lips. His fists repeatedly clenched and unclenched at his sides. Finally, he took a deep breath and looked up at Damien seriously, “It was Cherry. I suggested to her to contact the Tanner or Miles families because I felt it would be unwise to stay here for long.”

“But Cherry still trusts you, so she pleaded with me to bring her back to Lenoir Manor no matter how difficult it is.” The boy’s words pained Damien. He pursed his lips and looked at Blake. “So, what happened after…”

gazed at Cherise, slightly distressed. “I know it was risky for me to return with Cherry, but the last thing she said to me before this happened was to bring her back to look for you… She wanted to hear you say in person that you wanted her to die and that

with Sebastian.” The man took a deep breath and reached out, wanting to hold Cherise’s hand. “No one knows her better than I do.” But she looked at him as if he were a stranger and

the sofa, observing the woman lying on her stomach behind Blake in the corner of the couch. He carefully sized her up and

you want to kill her, so she’s overwhelmed with grief and wearied from the trip back.

is good news.” After that, he sighed nonchalantly. “I found some drugs in her