Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 30 Shouldn’t Family Members Help Each Other?

Cherise shook her head. She pushed him to the elevator and said earnestly, “We can be intimate at home. We don’t have to do this…”

“For example?”

“Like on the couch, and… in bed, and…‘

The man scratched his lips indifferently. “You can be on top too.”

Cherise was dumbstruck.

Perhaps it was easier to feel sleepy on a full stomach. On the way to Lenoir Manor from Garden Paradise, Cherise leaned back in the genuine leather seat and fell asleep in a daze.

A sharp ringtone awoke her from her dreams after some time.

She reached out for her cell phone, half–conscious, and answered. “Hello……”

“Cherise, it’s Aunt Eriana.”

Eriana’s insincere voice rang on the other end. “I’m in Adania Hospital now. Your cousin got into a fight and is severely injured. I didn’t bring any money. Can you…”

“No.”

breath, and her voice instantly hardened. She said coldly, “Aunt Eriana,

laughed. “I know you don’t have much money,

man at home…

money belongs to him. It’s not mine.”

crawled out of bed and realized she was lying in the

and sleepwalk back to

“Cherise?”

and shouted in displeasure when she was greeted with silence. “Cherise, I don’t often call you or ask for help, but you’re acting

We helped you a lot back when

as she held her cell

what had happened in the past because Cherise couldn’t muster any sympathy for her

help her uncle and aunt save money, so she ran to Eriana’s house to borrow Nicky’s old textbooks. In the end, Eriana had shamed her, and she had helped to do a week’s worth of farm work before Eriana was willing

her back then. Still, Eriana was now saying that family members should

breath

prepared

multiple times, disturbing Cherise so much that she was no longer feeling

phone off and went downstairs to make

she thought Damien might still be