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.

knew Charisa had been coerced, violated,

was her

force, resilient against the storms

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

circumstances, with Charisa lying unconscious behind a glass barrier. At

his face as he gazed upon

over him, back to their innocent childhood and wedding after

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preference

of becoming an independent musician and

But she….

had accomplished every desire she had ever expressed except

in the past, and now, what of the

any future

father’s devastated form, Cherise’s hands clenched into tight fists.

her pulled her into a

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

into his arms and whispered. “Did