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.

silent gaze,

she realized their

attempting to disentangle herself, she rose with her hands for

lost her balance in her endeavor to shift

of her fall resulted in her soft cheek colliding with

Cherise’s face to sting, and simultaneously, a sharp

spread across her face, Cherise recoiled, only to

the discomfort in her own face, Cherise looked at Damien with a

herself, she understood that being hit

could tell he must

reached out to

fine,” Damien reassured her,

smile touched his lips as he pulled her close, “Go to sleep.”

couldn’t help but feel a

deeply did he care

expression had darkened

at her with tenderness, reassure her, and even… hold her gently and urge

“Damien.”