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

health…” Cherise murmured, her fist tightening.

“Don’t read too much into it. Aunt Charisa

over a decade ago, and she 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 touched by anyone,” Zachary

lip, a tinge of bitterness settling

genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed to solitude that it didn’t allow any

and your uncle, were they

that her

Charisa. Beyond knowing that she was her biological mother and the head of the Miles Family, she had no knowledge about

she had previously asked why her mother left her father, Grandpa had been vague. All he had said was that Charisa felt

unreasonable for her to assume that one of the reasons Charisa

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Miles Family was for his ability to provide her with

expect was Zachary’s response, almost as if