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?”

doll-like face and felt his heart

“But Cherry, your birth mother

want

little girl clung to his arm like it was her lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All I want is to live in Shaw’s village with

at Damien and replied. sadly, “I couldn’t bear to let her

stayed in the detention center and

Cherise asleep in the

looked at her revision

him of her. It was meticulous

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carried her in his arms and helped her change into

“Bayes’ theorem…”

her studies in her

feeling amused. He covered her body with

Elvis for as long as possible. She has to sit for her finals

waited for you all

tucking Cherise in bed, Damien left the room

salmon. “Mrs. Lenoir cooked this for you. She waited for you to

you like to have it in the

to the dining room.”

smiled and went downstairs.

Frances followed him.

the table and stood behind him to serve