Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 24 Blue Darts

Eriana was an annoying troublemaker. Cherise didn’t want to be involved with her.

But Cherise never thought Eriana’s underlings would ambush her at the school’s back door.

The school’s isolated and uninhabited back door was overgrown with weeds.

Lucy pulled Cherise to the back door. They had just left when the hooligans guarding the back door surrounded them.

“I’m right. You really left from the back door.”

The crafty leader smiled maliciously. “I haven’t seen you in a long time, Chèrry.”

The man looked like a criminal. Lucy frowned slightly. “Who is this?”

Cherise took a deep breath. “Aunt Eriana’s son, Nicky Gruber.”

Nicky was three years older than Cherise but kept repeating grades because of his poor results. When Cherise sat for her SATS, Nicky had just gotten into a dubious, third–rate school in Adania.

He had sinister thoughts about Cherise since they were young. He had even tried to force her to…

If her uncle hadn’t reached in time, she would have taken her own life at the scene.

by Nicky in the

Nicky’s friends were behind

in Adania. Why have you never come to

“If

me where your school was, I wouldn’t have known

a sneer. “I haven’t seen you

giving Lucy goosebumps.

stood in front of Cherise. “You’re not

say such nasty things, pretty

from the corner of Nicky’s mouth. He indicated for his friends to apprehend Lucy.

“Cherise, come here and let me look

side were clenched

straight at him. “Don’t

to do

leaned closer to

Cherise held her hands to prevent her

Nicky approached Cherise crudely…

landed on

staggered in pain, and his other