Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 189 Uncle and Father-In-Law

“For simple farmers like us, five thousand is considered a lot of money!”

Damien picked up his teacup and took a sip. “Mister village chief, your talent for stirring up trouble is remarkable to say the least.”

“As head of the village, not only did you not treat everyone fairly, but you kept wanting to start problems.”

“I truly do not understand what the villagers like about you. And why would they choose. you to be village chief.”

The village chief’s lips turned white with anger, but he restrained himself. “What makes you say that, Mr. Lenoir?”

“I’m just trying to find a solution everyone will be happy with. How can you call that ‘starting problems”?”

Damien chuckled.

“Firstly, you believed Vivian’s claims without fully understanding the situation and asking me about my version of events. You were already convinced I was guilty. Does that sound like justice to you?”

“If I didn’t have video evidence, it would have been impossible to clear my name from these allegations.”

The chief’s eyes darkened. “That was my mistake. Vivian is from my village. I saw her disheveled state and thought…”

in your village, your first thought was not to report it to the

your village. But why didn’t. you advise Ben Shaw otherwise when he asked me

had a lot of money, didn’t you?”

lingered around my car and searched up its price on the internet was your

drained of all color,

car to find out how wealthy I was. And

1/2

you didn’t even blink an eye. All of you probably agreed on this amount beforehand, right?”

Everyone was shocked.

from their village.

he said was

chief and

was

fear, attempted to defend himself. “I was

excuses were shaky,

clear head during a time like this, maybe you

not from our village. Who are you

say, of