Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 158 Where’s Ian?

Violet clenched her fists in silent frustration.

Cherise returned to school to find Lucy lounging in the infirmary, engrossed in a phone game. She furrowed her brow and reached out to block Lucy’s phone screen. “Where’s

Ian?”

Lucy shot her a disdainful look, adjusted her phone, and continued playing. “He’s gone.”

“Just like that?” Cherise bit her lip, realizing she hadn’t thanked Ian properly for helping with her injury.

Lucy leaned back. “Well, it’s better he split than stick around and make a fool of himself. I mean, he’d never compete with me to be your kid’s godparent.”

Cherise was puzzled. “What do you mean by ‘making a fool of himself and ‘being my child’s godparent”?”

Caught off guard, Lucy cleared her throat and mumbled, “I didn’t say anything. Your must’ve misheard.”

Cherise’s intuition told her something was up between Lucy and Ian.

She snatched Lucy’s phone, demanding, “Tell me what happened!”

rid of that lan guy. He knew you were married but kept

just a scare tactic. He rushed in and got hurt, hoping you’d feel

being gone is a win for you and Damien!”

her phone, her in-game character had been defeated, and

on the screen, Lucy was upset and shot Cherise a

and you delayed my game?!”

her lips

talk badly about lan like

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suppressing her anger, and looked earnestly at

person you’re saying.”

to be someone I admired,

he came to see me just to thank me or

picture earlier. When he saw someone being unkind to me, he stepped in to help out

Her

was sincere, “We’re all from the same background; helping

if he had ulterior motives, he did get hurt trying to protect me. I haven’t had a chance to

not be the quickest thinker, but she understood the basics of human. relationships and principles.