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.”

through the same process, she collapsed unconscious into the

her curvy, toned figure. Her dark, silky hair floated on

her from the water before carrying her to the

Dr. Caldwell here,” he barked into the

he sat by the bed, gently wiping the water droplets off her

towel.

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to him about what

the rest of her life with him was an empty promise. She

was

treated her as his wife, but she never once genuinely thought of him as her

he recalled the night they were at Lenoir Residence. He

are my spouse from now on. I will always be

that night still rang in his

said softly, “I’ve never thought of

burden.”

thought of me

her lips pouted,

a long moment before realizing that she was mimicking the gesture

man’s dark and inscrutable expression flashed with a