Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 501 Charisa’s Numbered Days.

“Mom hid her illness from us…”

Beckham lifted his gaze, his eyes drawn to the woman behind the glass isolation door.

It was the first time he’d seen her since their painful separation nineteen years ago.

He had yearned for her return for nearly two decades, clinging to the belief that she still loved. him, but he couldn’t understand why she’d leave him.

Beckham had always believed Charisa was under duress, forced to leave by some unspeakable circumstance, and that she would one day return.

But…

When he learned about Charisa from his father, a wave of guilt, helplessness, and regret washed over him.

Beckham ached for a reunion with Charisa, to make amends for the sacrifices she’d made over the past nineteen years, to embrace the daughter they’d created together.

His father mentioned her tarnished reputation, hinting that Charisa wouldn’t be accepted and regarded as Mrs. Tanner again, even if they reconciled.

It was no secret that Charisa had been involved with several men in the past, back when she was still a Miles.

But Beckham didn’t care about her past.

been coerced, violated,

was

force, resilient against the storms of

painted countless reunion scenarios, envisioning them locked in a tearful embrace, their

lying unconscious behind a glass barrier. At the same time, he stood outside, a

upon the

shared past and youthful days washed over him, back to their innocent childhood and wedding

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had expressed her preference for successful

sacrificed his musical dreams and aspirations of becoming an independent musician and devoted himself to the Tanner family

But she….

she had ever expressed except for shielding her from harm

past, and now, what of the

be any future

Cherise’s

man behind her pulled her into a comforting hug.

by the unexpected gesture, but Damien’s familiar scent soon calmed her anxieties.

arms