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?”

murmured, her fist

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

been living alone all these years. No children, no friends. She only lets Kareen and me get a bit closer. So, try to

tinge of bitterness settling

felt a deep connection with Charisa, thinking she genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that it didn’t allow any space

sniffled. “So, about her… and your uncle, were they in love?”

her not remarrying was

biological mother and the head of

vague. All he had said was that Charisa felt unprotected by her father,

assume that one of the reasons Charisa had

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ability to provide her with

Cherise didn’t expect was Zachary’s response, almost as if she was asking about flying

pigs

was barely ten. His mother had passed away, his father was a heavy drinker, and