Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 491 They Were Not In Love

Cherise sat at the table, her lips pressed tightly together while her hands clenched under the table.

In the brief ten minutes they had been seated, Charisa had mentioned death for the third time. Cherise’s intuition strongly suggested that Charisa didn’t say these words lightly.

Cherise’s lips quivered, and she instinctively reached for Charisa’s hand, but the woman evaded her touch with calm composure. “I’m not comfortable with physical contact.”

She glanced indifferently at Cherise, then rose from her seat and walked out. “I’ll go check on what they’re cooking.

With those words, she left Cherise in the wake of her cold and distant departure.

Cherise’s hand froze mid-air, leaving her with a profound sense of loneliness.

Biting her lip, she turned to Zachary. “She…”

frown deepened, his gaze unusually serious. “What are you trying to say?”

murmured, her fist

fine. Zachary’s brows furrowed slightly as he looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been a bit

has been living alone all these years. No children, no friends. She only lets Kareen and me get a bit closer. So, try to understand her. It’s not that she rejects your touch. She’s just not used to being

bit her lip, a tinge of bitterness settling within her.

Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that it

“So, about her… and your uncle,

her

that she was her biological mother and the head of the Miles Family, she had no knowledge about anything else.

her father, Grandpa had been vague. All he had said was that Charisa felt

her to assume that one of the reasons Charisa had gotten together

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from the Miles Family was for his ability to provide her with

expect was Zachary’s response, almost as if she was asking about flying