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?”

looked at her doll-like face and felt his heart melting into a puddle.

your birth mother is a good

don’t want her!”

arm like it was her lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All

eyes in the cold detention center room. He looked at Damien and replied. sadly, “I couldn’t bear to

and talked to

Cherise asleep in the study,

her revision notes and

handwriting reminded him of her. It was meticulous

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arms and helped her change into pajamas before

“Bayes’ theorem…”

about her studies in

He covered her body with

for as long as

for you all night.”

bed, Damien left

this for you.

you like to have it in the study or the

go to the dining room.”

smiled and

Frances followed him.

the table and stood behind him to