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?”

her doll-like face

he gently coaxed, “But Cherry, your birth mother is

don’t want her!”

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

looked at Damien and replied.

the detention center and

returned home, he found Cherise asleep in the study, hugging a

at her revision

reminded him of her. It was meticulous

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her in his arms and helped her change into pajamas before

“Bayes’ theorem…”

her studies

feeling amused. He covered

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

for

Damien left the room and bumped

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

smiled and continued, “Mr. Lenoir, would you like to have it in the study

the dining

smiled and went downstairs.

Frances followed him.

stood behind