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?”

health…” Cherise murmured, her fist tightening.

as he looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been

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 your touch.

her lip, a tinge of bitterness settling within

thinking she genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed

your uncle, were

a decade, she assumed that her not remarrying was due to a deep

knew very little about Charisa. Beyond knowing that she was her biological mother and the head of the Miles Family, she had no knowledge about anything else.

had previously asked why her mother left her father, Grandpa had been vague. All he had said was that

for her to assume that one of the reasons Charisa

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the Miles Family was for his ability to provide her

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

pigs

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 had passed away, his father was a heavy drinker,