Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 306 Fire!

“No,” she said with a somewhat weary look, lowering her head. “I don’t know why, but today I feel unusually tired, so I decided to come back early to get some rest.”

Damien inquired, “What about your place of stay?”

He settled into a more comfortable position on the balcony, watching her petite form near the wall. “Is staying in the grand villa more comfortable than at home?”

Cherise responded, telling a little white lie to spare him any worry, “It’s about the same. It’s quite spacious here, and everyone has been kind to me.”

Changing the subject, she asked, “Are you done with your work?”

“Yeah, I just saw Lenn off.”

“Lenn?” Cherise furrowed her brow. “He came to our place?”

“Yes, but he had left because he got distracted by a woman.”

The man chuckled softly, remembering the anger that washed over Lennon’s face when he saw Rodney attempting to tamper with Lucy’s drink while Lennon was keeping a close watch with binoculars. It had been twelve years since Damien had seen Lennon that. incensed.

“Hmph! A real playboy!” Cherise pursed her lips. “Thank goodness Lulu didn’t end up with him!”

each time she thought about it. “I used to think he was a

it weren’t for his rejection, Lulu wouldn’t have to date that

Rodney’s unfair comment in the

was about to say something when he

a single-story house. From his elevated. position, he could clearly observe a woman in sportswear and a cap holding something

voice turned inexplicably profound. “Are you

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her lip. “There’s also Mandy; she twisted her ankle…”

speaking, Damien saw the woman behind Cherise’s house retrieve a small object

–

could see it clearly it was a lighter!

nonchalantly tossed the lighter onto the gasoline-drenched ground, and in an instant, flames shot

began behind the house, and Cherise, who had been facing away

phone, urgently commanding, “Run!”

for a moment, bewildered by the sudden urgency.

blaze roaring skyward. The entire house. appeared to be swallowed by an invisible behemoth!

lose, Damien dropped his phone, leaped from the balcony,

coat, dipped it into a nearby water tub, and wrapped it around her nose and mouth. With determination, she darted into the blazing