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

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 not used to being touched by anyone,” Zachary explained, attempting to soothe Cherise’s unease about Charisa’s behavior.

a tinge

seemed so accustomed to solitude that it didn’t

sniffled. “So, about her… and your uncle, were they

she assumed that her not remarrying was

was her biological mother and the head of the Miles

been vague. All he had

her to assume that one of the reasons Charisa had

1/2

was for his ability to provide

response, almost as if

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