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

health…” Cherise murmured, her fist

is fine. Zachary’s brows furrowed slightly as he looked at her. “Don’t read too much

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 explained, attempting to soothe Cherise’s

a tinge of bitterness settling within her.

genuinely cared. However, Charisa seemed so accustomed

and your uncle, were they in love?”

decade, she assumed that her not

biological mother and the head of

been vague. All he had said was that Charisa felt unprotected by

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

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to provide

Zachary’s response, almost as if she