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,

of it was

unyielding force,

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

such dire circumstances, with Charisa lying unconscious behind a glass barrier.

gazed upon the

shared past and youthful days washed over him, back

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had expressed her preference for successful men.

Beckham sacrificed his musical dreams and aspirations of becoming an independent musician and

But she….

ever expressed except for shielding

the past, and now, what of the future?

there be any future

her father’s devastated form, Cherise’s

man behind her pulled her into a comforting hug.

by the unexpected gesture, but

nestled into his arms and