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!”

deep breath. “You’re Mrs. Lenoir from

have a reputation as Mrs. Lenoir. It’s more important than this.

your breakfast is

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

away silently. He wheeled himself to

he was around ten years old, no one other than the villa’s

up more than ten flights of stairs like Cherise just so

been

he felt contented when he heard ordinary people like Elvis and Cherise argue over something

shut his eyes and had a

“Here, your breakfast.”

tried

what was available.

your

was faced with

and inserting a straw into a milkshake. She looked up with a smile as she passed it to him. “I bet someone as wealthy as you hasn’t tried this before.

grabbed his hand and put the milkshake in it.

Damien’s first time trying a milkshake outside.