Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 51 Pushing Herself Despite the Exhaustion

He was waiting for her to cave in and beg him for mercy. Once completely drained, she would share everything she had been hiding from him.

But Cherise didn’t crack.

“It’s ready,” she said, dipping her hands into the bathtub to test the water temperature. She turned to him with a smile. “You can get in now.”

Damien’s frustration was mounting as he stepped into the bathtub.

Cherise lowered her head and began to scrub his body with a towel. She used a lighter. touch than before but still made no effort to plead.

The man narrowed his eyes as he watched her. The color drained from her face, but she stood her ground. “Again.”

Cherise was well aware that he was doing this to her intentionally.

“Did I do something wrong?”

Damien huffed at her. He then pointed at the bathtub and ordered, “Change the water.”

Cherise clenched her jaw. She felt like she had been drained of every ounce of energy but didn’t give up. She filled the tub with clean water, tested the temperature, and helped him. into the bathtub.

“Again.”

“Again.”

“It’s not enough.”

process, she

figure.

his eyes and pulled her from the water before carrying her to the bed.

Dr. Caldwell here,” he barked into

ended, he sat by the bed, gently wiping the water

towel.

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faint from exhaustion than open up to him about

was an empty promise. She had never once considered him

wasn’t even her friend. To her, he was her employer or someone she was grateful to

his wife, but she never once genuinely thought of

Residence. He could clearly.

on. I will always be by your

from that night still rang in

her soft lips and said softly,

burden.”

ever thought of

pouted,

that she was mimicking the gesture of washing

to him, the man’s dark and inscrutable expression flashed with