Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 21 Breakfast Isn’t Ruined

“After all, ordinary people won’t devise a plan to make their ‘niece, which they brought up for two decades, marry a stranger to save their mother.”

Elvis‘ face paled slightly. “I didn’t have any other way.”

“Cherise just has bad luck.”

He looked at Damien and wanted to say something but stopped.

After a long time, he sighed. “Mr. Lenoir, Cherise is a great girl. I hope you can treat her well.”

“Even if you don’t like her… Don’t hurt her too much if you don’t want her in the future.”

Elvis spoke meekly.

This was the first thing Cherise heard Elvis say. She was perspiring after climbing the stairs while holding breakfast.

She was about to open the door of the stairwell. Her hand froze slightly, and her footsteps instantly stopped as though her feet were pinned to the ground.

The door was light and made of alloy, but it seemed to weigh a thousand pounds then. Cherise couldn’t open the door.

isn’t any of

cold and indifferent as usual. “You should pray that your mother can live longer since you tried to save her at the expense of Cherise’s

isn’t worth it.”

were clenched into fists at his

hands were tightly clenched at the stairwell as she carried

Why is someone here?!”

scream abruptly rang behind

frightened and turned around. She didn’t know a man and woman were on the

man pushed the woman against the wall, exposing their fair

was the one who had screamed.

they looked at her

scene before her was too blinding. Cherise turned away and pushed the door, wanting to leave. But she was careless from feeling so

Therefore…

floor in a weird

at the

them crawled up from the floor. She was covered in

foolishly. After that, she lifted her head innocently and looked at the two men

mouth away and dust off the dirt. “Why are you so careless? And why did you take the stairs instead of the elevator?”

would be hungry. Many people were in the elevator, so I didn’t squeeze in. I took the stairs instead.”