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

he gently coaxed, “But Cherry, your birth mother

don’t want her!”

her lifebuoy. “I don’t want anything else. All I want is

center room. He looked at Damien and replied.

center and talked to

he found Cherise asleep in the study,

at her revision notes and smiled.

of her. It was meticulous yet endearing.

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

“Bayes’ theorem…”

her studies in her

He covered her

prevent her from finding out about Elvis for as long as possible. She has to sit

for you all

Cherise in bed, Damien left the room and bumped into Frances.

this for you. She waited for you to come home to try it, but…”

“Mr. Lenoir, would you like to have it in the study or the dining

the

smiled and went

Frances followed him.

set the table and stood behind him to