Chapter 491 They Were Not In Love

Cherise sat at the table, her lips pressed tightly together while her hands clenched under the table.

In the brief ten minutes they had been seated, Charisa had mentioned death for the third time. Cherise’s intuition strongly suggested that Charisa didn’t say these words lightly.

Cherise’s lips quivered, and she instinctively reached for Charisa’s hand, but the woman evaded her touch with calm composure. “I’m not comfortable with physical contact.”

She glanced indifferently at Cherise, then rose from her seat and walked out. “I’ll go check on what they’re cooking.

With those words, she left Cherise in the wake of her cold and distant departure.

Cherise’s hand froze mid-air, leaving her with a profound sense of loneliness.

Biting her lip, she turned to Zachary. “She…”

Zachary’s frown deepened, his gaze unusually serious. “What are you trying to say?”

health…” Cherise murmured, her

looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been a bit more sentimental

a bit closer. So, try to understand her. It’s not that she rejects your touch. She’s just not used to being touched by anyone,” Zachary explained, attempting to

her lip, a tinge of bitterness

seemed so

your uncle, were they

Charisa’s solitary life for over a decade, she assumed that her not remarrying was due to a deep affection for

mother and the head of the Miles Family, she had

All he

not unreasonable for her to assume that one of the reasons

1/2

from the Miles Family was for his ability to provide her with the sense of safety that shr longed

almost

pigs

in love with my uncle? That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard. “When Charisa first joined the Miles Family, Zachary was barely ten. His mother

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