Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 177 How Could I Not

During the trip, he was not only accompanying his wife back to her hometown but also taking steps to enhance the security in her home village and initiating financial support

for small businesses.

“How could I not?” The man raised his eyes, observing the petite woman by the small river with Blake, who was wholly engrossed in fishing. “I want to ensure that her favorite foods. await her every time she returns.”

He gently shut his eyes.

The neighborhood restaurant boasted a wishing wall adorned with sticky notes bearing the heartfelt wishes of the restaurant’s patrons.

As Cherise enjoyed her meal, Damien took a moment to scan the wishing wall thoughtfully.

Eventually, he found a pink, heart-shaped sticky note in the corner. In elegant

handwriting, it read, “I hope that each time I return, I can savor the amazing food in this restaurant! Cherise.”

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With a sigh, Damien opened his eyes. He focused through the black silk covering them, gazing steadily at Cherise, who was bathed in the soft, orange light of the setting sun.

wish was so simple; how could he possibly let her down?

“Darling!”

“I caught a massive fish!” She eagerly displayed the

water bucket was a fish measuring

suddenly locked onto the black silk obscuring Damien’s eyes. Her

a brief moment, her downcast lips quivered, “I’m sorry, darling, I forgot that. can’t

you

as she clenched her hands. Regardless, she vowed to herself that she would take her husband to see the old doctor the very

He mustered a faint.

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darling? Fish are slippery and smelly, you… you don’t

man shook his

disappointment eventually faded.

it into the water bucket. Yet, the fish proved to be quite elusive.

bucket

leaped from the water bucket, it jumped right into the

lip, “It got away…”

we’ll catch another one

took a deep