Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 495 Shaw Or Neller?

“Cherise”

Mr. Tanner spoke with a furrowed brow during dinner. His voice was low and filled with concern, “Do you have something on your mind?”

Cherise quickly snapped back to reality. “No, nothing.”

“You’re telling me there’s nothing bothering you?”

Gwenn retorted with an eye-roll, her tone laced with annoyance. “You just reached for the food in my bowl, didn’t you?”

Cherise was taken aback.

She quickly realized she had indeed extended her fork into Gwenn’s bowl, even picking up a piece of vegetable from it.

She withdrew her hand at once, gave an embarrassed smile, and lowered her head to continue eating.

“Cherise, what did you do today?”

Mr. Tanner sighed softly and asked.

“Both your father and Damien are busy today. It’s just the three of us here at dinner tonight. If something’s troubling you, let me know.”

Cherise shook her head. “It’s… nothing.”

“What else could it be?”

demeanor. “You must be reluctant

thought, she laughed lightly and looked at Mr. Tanner. “Grandpa, if she doesn’t want to change her

Cherise’s eyes, the last name Shaw holds more weight than our renowned Tanner family.”

why are you belittling yourself like

for Cherise never to change

this way, no matter the truth, she would remain the only Miss Tanner in the family.

would not be sharing

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“Silence!”

glare, then turned to Cherise. “Cherise, are you still considering changing your name?”

her lips and looked earnestly at Mr. Tanner. “No.”

mind. I want to

with shelter, you may do it anytime. But please say I’ve taken

Tanner was taken aback. He probably had not expected the once hesitant Cherise to have such a

mother’s surname isn’t out of the

the

his head and chuckled in realization. “How foolish of

name Miles was never hers to begin with. It was only after her marriage that she took her husband’s last name.”

be Neller, right?”

Cherise Neller is a bit of a mouthful. How about just

“I’d still prefer Cherise,

with my

“Mother…”

had done for her, warmth surged in