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

“Don’t read too much

ago, and she has been living alone all these years. No children, no friends. She only lets Kareen and me get a bit closer.

a tinge of bitterness settling

had felt a deep connection with Charisa, thinking she genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that

her… and your

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

mother and the head of the Miles Family, she had no

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

not unreasonable for her to assume that one of

1/2

was for his ability to provide

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