Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 22 You Can’t Be So Reckless

“We were just sending you away so we could talk about things we didn’t want you to know about.”

Cherise’s actions stopped entirely.

She turned and looked at Damien with a complicated expression.

“So you didn’t have to rush back at all. Nor did you need to get yourself into such a wretched

state.”

Cherise gritted her teeth and wanted to say something, but Elvis immediately started to smooth things over. “Mr. Lenoir, Cherise was afraid you were hungry.”

“Please don’t take offense. Cherise grew up in the countryside since she was young. She views things too simply sometimes. Please pardon her.”

“Uncle Shaw!”

Cherise gritted her teeth. She didn’t think she had done anything wrong, so she couldn’t stand her uncle degrading her before Damien.

“Keep quiet, Cherise!”

a deep breath. “You’re Mrs. Lenoir from now on.

as Mrs. Lenoir. It’s more important than this. dispensable

think your breakfast

this?! You’re the Lenoir family’s daughter–in–law, the wealthiest family in Mondale!”

of the uncle and niece arguing made Damien turn away silently. He wheeled himself to

years old, no one other than the villa’s servants

climb up more than ten flights of stairs like Cherise just so he could have an

always been lonely and

he heard ordinary people like Elvis

shut his eyes and had a self–deprecating smile on the corners of

“Here, your breakfast.”

in his ears. “I tried looking in the cafés downstairs but

what was available. Don’t turn it down.”

your

with

with a smile as she passed it to him. “I bet someone as wealthy

her, she grabbed his hand and put the milkshake in it. “I carried it up fifteen floors. Don’t

was Damien’s first time trying