Dark Secrets of the Blind Husband

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?”

Cherise murmured,

Zachary’s brows furrowed slightly as he looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been

passed away over a decade ago, and she has been living alone all these years. No children, no friends. She only lets Kareen and me get a bit closer. So, try to understand her. It’s not that she rejects

her lip, a tinge of bitterness settling within

cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that it

“So, about her… and your uncle, were they in

decade, she assumed that her not remarrying was due to

biological mother and the head of the

her mother left her father, Grandpa had been vague. All he had

that one of the

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to provide her

what Cherise didn’t expect was Zachary’s response, almost as

pigs

Miles Family, Zachary was barely ten. His mother had passed away, his father was a heavy drinker, and the household relied solely