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…”

serious. “What are

Cherise murmured, her

looked at her. “Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa has been

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

tinge of

Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that it didn’t allow any space for

and your uncle, were they in love?”

decade, she assumed that her

mother and

vague. All he had said was that

was not unreasonable for her to assume that one of the reasons Charisa had

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the man from the Miles Family was for his ability to provide her with the sense of safety that shr longed

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