Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 390 Have You Had Dinner?

“You should have informed Charisa when Cherry was ill. Then, Charisa could have arranged for the best doctors for her.”

“Instead, you chose to accept a job from the black market and brought Cherry back to the village after she recovered.”

“Cherry said you hated going to the city. I suppose one of the reasons was that someone would discover that you set the fire thirteen years ago.”

you feared

“The other reason was that you knew Charisa had people searching for you worldwide.”

Elvis’ fingers turned pale as he clenched his fists.

After a moment, he closed his eyes and muttered, “L… was selfish.”

Suddenly, he recalled a memory from thirteen years ago. A little girl on the hospital bed reached. out her tiny hand and held his hand.

“Uncle Shaw, I don’t have parents, and I don’t want them. All I want is you and Aunt Sarah. You are nice to me.”

“People said you would send me away eventually…”

Her

eyes were swollen from crying. She looked at him expectantly with innocent eyes. “Uncle Shaw, I’ll listen to everything you say. I’ll be good.”

“Please don’t send me away, okay?”

time, he looked at her doll-like face and felt his heart melting

“But Cherry, your birth mother is

don’t want her!”

don’t want anything else. All I want is to live in Shaw’s village with

reopened his eyes in the cold detention center room. He looked at Damien and replied. sadly, “I

and talked to

found Cherise asleep in

revision notes and

of her. It

1/2

and helped her change into pajamas before laying her on a large

“Bayes’ theorem…”

mumbled about her studies in her

amused. He covered her body with

finding out about Elvis for as long as possible. She has to

waited for you all

tucking Cherise in bed, Damien left

cooked this for you. She waited for you

would you like to have it in the study or the dining

go to the dining room.”

and went downstairs.

Frances followed him.

set the table and stood behind