Marrying the Man in the Dark

The stark contrast.in physical strength between them rendered her attempts futile in retrieving the recorder!

As the voices on the recorder grew more intense, Cherise made a split–second decision and clambered onto Damien, using every limb at her disposal.

Observing her genuine urgency, Damien casually loosened his grip, intentionally granting her access to the recorder.

Cherise finally wrested the device from his grasp, feeling triumphant.

Hastily, she reached for the power button, but in her haste, she accidentally pressed the volume button instead.

“You’re incredible…”

The volume of the woman’s voice soared immediately!

Wide–eyed with surprise, Cherise fumbled to locate the power button amidst Damien’s amused

With a deep breath, she finally found it, and the room fell silent.

“It’s finally quiet…” Cherise sighed in relief, momentarily forgetting their awkward position, her body inadvertently “riding” Damien.

However, as the tension in the air lingered, she sensed an uncomfortable shift.

head to meet Damien’s silent gaze, his eyes

by his stare’s intensity, she realized their posture’s ambiguous nature.

she rose with

in her endeavor to shift positions and tumbled back onto him.

angle of her fall resulted in her soft cheek colliding with something

and simultaneously, a sharp intake

stinging sensation spread across her face, Cherise recoiled,

her own face, Cherise looked at Damien with a hint of awkwardness, concern coloring her voice,

experienced it herself, she understood that being hit could be quite

his darkened expression, she could tell he must be

out to him,

fine,” Damien reassured her, his furrowed

gentle smile touched his lips as he pulled her

couldn’t help but feel a pang

did he care for her?

expression had darkened just moments

he must have felt, he could hide it, look at her with tenderness, reassure

“Damien.”