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

her. “Don’t read too much into

friends. She only lets Kareen and me get a bit closer. So, try to understand her. It’s not that she rejects your touch. She’s just

tinge of bitterness

connection with Charisa, thinking she genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that it

“So, about her… and your uncle, were

assumed that her not remarrying was

her biological mother and the head of the Miles Family,

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

to assume that one of the

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

expect was Zachary’s response, almost as if she was

pigs

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, and the household relied solely on the servants to look after him