Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 42 I’ll Wait

Cherise looked at the time. It was already seven at night. She smiled and said embarrassedly to Frances, “I’m studying in the library and lost track of the time. I’m sorry. I’ll come back at once!”

Before she finished speaking, someone called out to her. “Cherise, the patient at 203 wants to take a walk. Go and keep them company!”

The person shouted loudly.

On the other end of the phone, Frances fell silent momentarily. “Mrs. Lenoir, are you really at the library?”

“Mm.”

Cherise felt guilty. “Alright, I’ll be coming back in half an hour. Tell Damien not to wait. I’ve

eaten.”

After that, she ignored what Frances said on the other end of the phone and hung up.

She kept her cell phone before rushing to 203 and taking the patient for a walk.

The chilly night breeze blew, and she realized she was in a cold sweat.

that moment, in Swan Lake Chateau, where Lenoir Manor was located.

up his coffee gracefully and sipped

on speakerphone once the call went through. Therefore, he heard everything, including Cherise’s frantic

Lenoir is being extorted and is working part–time. Are you

stood by his

in his hands on a saucer. A sneer was on the corners of his lips. “She’s hiding it from me because

“But Mr. Lenoir,

you if she’s working like this.”

into a sarcastic smile. “When have I not been humiliated?”

someone in the Lenoir family who was abandoned many years ago. To

Lenoir, no one else

“But…”

I don’t want to help

position as he leaned back in his wheelchair. “Once she fully grasps how a husband–and–wife

the man’s expression

so late. Why don’t

man shook his head, and his thin lips parted slightly. He only said two words. “I’ll

regulated that nursing assistants leave work at half past seven

still make the last bus at eight o’clock and rush