Marrying the Man in the Dark

“When you went to the countryside with your classmates…” Damien began; his voice was soft and gentle.

“The two with you: This is Lucy and Mandy.”

“I know Lucy, but who is Mandy?” Cherise inquired, her curiosity piqued.

“She is also one of your closest friends…” Damien explained.

Within the halls of Adania Hospital, Sebastian lay upon the sterile sheets of his hospital bed, his expression etched with concern. “What’s that you’re telling me? Alexis has vanished?” His voice held a note of urgency.

Yolanda, standing by his bedside, pressed her lips together in a tight line, her gaze dropping to the floor before she softly confirmed, “Yes, he’s gone.”

“I had a disagreement with Cherise in the auditorium She stormed off afterward. When Mrs. Lydia escorted me to locate Alexis, he was nowhere to be found.”

.

“I instructed Mrs. Lydia to review the surveillance footage, but the person who took Alexis remained elusive. All we discerned was a figure clad in navy attire…”

Yolanda cast a pained glance toward Sebastian, her voice conveying remorse. “Truly, it wasn’t my doing. I never imagined someone would dare to venture to the orphanage and snatch away a defenseless child.”

“Heh, but he’s no ordinary orphan,” Sebastian interjected, his eyes narrowing thoughtfully.

intend to release you?” he

Yolanda replied with resignation.

well,” Sebastian

resolve evident in the steely glint of his

Residence?” Yolanda echoed, her voice tinged with disbelief

home precisely,”

eyes widened in alarm. “Sebastian, are you truly considering this? They hold such animosity toward you. Venturing there seems like

deep,” Sebastian retorted with a hint of icy amusement, “do you truly believe they’d dare

lips tightened into a thin line as her

act, firing a bullet into Sebastian’s leg at the bar under the Weiss Group, lingered in her

confronting Damien at his own residence. What if Damien’s rage once again spiraled out of control, leading to irreversible consequences this time?

and she hesitated. “Could I… perhaps

pierced through her hesitation. Nothing untoward

his voice carrying a hint of intrigue, “don’t you wish to see Damien, the man you once admired,

was rendered speechless.

truth, her fascination with Damien

to a toad aspiring to

attraction to Damien had been manipulated by Gwenn and Sebastian