Marrying the Man in the Dark

While Sebastian had a penchant for dredging up the past in any circumstance, Damien found himself unable to follow suit.

Here, the assembly comprised entirely of journalists.

Surrounded by journalists both inside and outside, each one acting as a potential megaphone, he refrained from delving into Charisa’s history.

If Damien were to reveal the details of Charisa’s past troubles to Cherise, particularly how Charisa instructed Elvis to start a fire and cause harm, it would open a Pandora’s box of consequences.

Such revelations would impact Cherise and implicate several families associated with those events.

The Tanner, Miles, Lenoir, and Shaw families would all be thrust into the spotlight, facing scrutiny and. potential scandal.

This was especially concerning considering Charisa’s tragic demise five years earlier.

As Cherise’s husband, Damien couldn’t bear the thought of Charisa’s affairs being discussed and ridiculed.

“Is it too difficult to explain? Or are you deliberately avoiding it?”

“Is it that you can’t explain or that you haven’t found a way to explain it?” Sebastian’s smile was taunting. his words cutting.

a troubled expression clouding his features. “This shouldn’t be happening,”

Cherise to erase her memory, hasn’t it?” Sebastian’s tone was accusatory, his words cutting through the tense atmosphere like a

a plan to deceive her after all this time?” He pressed, his gaze unwavering as he

“Or is it…”

Cherise, a silent challenge shimmering

naively trusting that this web of deceit will never unravel? Have you yet to

among the assembled onlookers, their

fists clenched tightly

tinged with the crimson of raw emotion; she

demanded, her voice quivering with

“If…”

any elucidation exists for past events, I implore

her voice tinged with resignation, “then the truth remains: your sister’s actions at our wedding caused harm to my mother, and our union was nothing more than

this

shadowed Damien’s eyes, casting a somber hue upon

pressed his lips together tightly, his voice carrying a

with me,” he implored, his voice laced with desperation. Tll clarify everything. I’ll explain, but