Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 516 Whispers of Devotion.

Damien closed his eyes, and a teardrop trickled down from the corner of his eye.

His voice was low and quivered, “I don’t know.”

Cherise regained consciousness and immediately noticed her right hand wrapped in bandages.

“Mom!”

As Cherise awoke, the first image that flashed in Cherise’s mind was Charisa.

The haunting recollection was etched in her memory as she recalled Charisa being carried away on a stretcher, soaked in blood, just before she lost consciousness.

Mom’s health was already fragile.

Could she still endure?

“Aunt Charisa is fine.”

Zachary rose from his seat, grabbed a pillow, and skillfully positioned it behind Cherise, allowing her to relax against the headboard easily. Reflecting on the unsettling incident, he remarked, “I don’t know if Maeve hesitated at the last moment or if it was a mere slip of the hand.”

“She didn’t hit any of Aunt Charisa’s vital organs; Aunt Charisa barely managed to pull through.”

“Thirsty? Would you like a glass of water?”

“Mm.”

Cherise breathed a sigh of relief, but when she reached for Zachary’s glass of water, she noticed his heavily bandaged right hand and gasped.

Zachary noticed this, too.

he approached with water and gently

“Mm.”

The girl nodded.

and explained, “Although Aunt Charisa’s condition isn’t critical, her health

Cherise nodded.

see her then?”

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until

reassuringly, “Don’t

Charisa

her care. I care for her as much

happened to her, I wouldn’t be sitting here idly chatting with you.”

pursed her lips, hesitated, and finally

“Where’s my father?”

be? He’s

and poured a glass of water. He

clasped her hand, expressing his longing to be by her side

words trailed

Beckham also professed, “Ari, if you

not share this with Cherise.

just recently accepted Aunt Charisa’s

knew that Beckham was also

at once would

her lips and

recalled something and

to say something, but

to ask about Damien?”