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!”

was annoyed at the interruption. “What’s there to explain? I got rid of that lan guy. He knew you

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

him being gone is a win for

Unfortunately, when Cherise took her phone, her in-game character

screen, Lucy was upset and shot Cherise a resentful glance. “You owe

and you delayed

her lips together.

can’t talk badly about lan

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a deep breath, suppressing her anger, and looked earnestly at

person you’re saying.”

be someone I admired, our high school pride.”

just to thank me

reckon he didn’t have the full picture earlier. When he saw someone being unkind to me, he stepped

Her

the same background; helping each

to protect me. I haven’t had a

basics of human.