Marrying the Man in the Dark

Yolanda struggled to comprehend. “You intend to employ such a young child to settle scores with Damien and Lennon? Isn’t that a bit extreme?”

“You’re being overly vocal,” Sebastian retorted curtly, his eyes flickering open to fix on her.

“Don’t let the old man catch wind of my plans to adopt a child,” he warned, his tone sharp with urgency.

“Don’t fret,” Yolanda replied, her lips pursed tightly. “Dad pays little heed to your affairs. If he doesn’t inquire, I won’t disclose anything.”

To Yolanda, her words might have seemed innocuous statements of fact.

Yet to Sebastian, each one pierced like a dagger, stirring unease within him.

His gaze turned cold as he regarded Yolanda. “What exactly is the old man up to in Adania these days?” he inquired, his voice tinged with suspicion.

“He mentioned reconnecting with old acquaintances and conducting some business on the side,” Yolanda replied with a nonchalant shrug. “You know I have no interest in his affairs.”

At two o’clock in the afternoon, as Cherise and Damien sat discussing plans to enroll Alexis in kindergarten after finishing their meal, a sudden intrusion disrupted their tranquility. Mr. Hampson, their household staff, burst in with urgency written all over his face.

Weiss has

up in surprise. “Sebastian?” she echoed, her mind racing with questions.

bring

likely regarding Alexis’s situation,” Damien surmised.

Cherise, instructing her to tend to Alexis upstairs. “I’ll go and meet him,” he

Cherise urged, her concern

mind, clouded by amnesia, Sebastian loomed as a

shoulder a reassuring pat before settling onto the

Hampson, Yolanda wheeled Sebastian, seated in a wheelchair,

of him?” Alexis

the railing at Sebastian and Yolanda below. A sense of unease gnawed at him, prompting him to voice his concerns

fingers tightening around the staircase railing as her breath quickened. “I…I’m starting to remember some unpleasant things, she admitted, her voice

his photograph elicited only vague apprehension in

smug smile adorning his features, unsettling memories flooded her mind, casting a shadow over her