Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 197 The Truth

Cherise inhaled deeply. “Lucy’s perfectly fine. Not me, though.”

As Damien applied disinfectant to her wound, he furrowed his brows. “What’s wrong with you?”

I helped her fix the problems back in her hometown. Did I miss anything?

“My own husband… has been deceiving me.”

She let out her breath in a huff and gazed up at the ceiling with tears welling in her eyes.

As soon as she finished her sentence, she could no longer hold back her tears. Still, she kept her head lifted to keep them from streaming down her face.

Damien’s movements froze upon hearing that..

He glanced up, meeting her tear-filled eyes. They felt like shards piercing his heart.

knew

could think of only one reason that would evoke such a reaction from her.

my life and showed you my vulnerabilities. What about you?” She sniffed and shoved his hand away. “You didn’t even tell me the truth about yourself. I understand you may have your reasons for feigning blindness, but why didn’t you tell me?

voice, filled with despair and heartbreak, trembled and broke at the

moment, how Violet gloated in Viopril Palace

that I’m the one who understands Damien the most,”

her eyes in

the one who knows him best, while I’m nothing

and pulled her into his embrace. “Cherry, I planned to

earlier just to tell her the

only because I found out about it.” Cherise laughed bitterly as she struggled to get away from him. “If I didn’t discover it myself, you were going to keep me in the

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not the case!” He hugged her tightly and pressed a loving kiss to her ears. “I have reasons for doing this, and it’s not to deceive you. I’ve been pretending to be blind for thirteen years, even before we got married. I couldn’t just reveal everything as soon as

met