Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 553 Unspoken Feelings

The sound of Lucas’ footsteps faded into the distance, leaving behind a profound silence..

Cherise lifted her gaze, her eyes icy as they met Damien’s. She bit down hard on his arm-

Their long-awaited intimate encounter was brief.

Despite her body’s yearning for more, Damien understood that Cherise was no longer the same woman he once knew.

In the past, she was a naive student, and he could take advantage of her without reservation.

But now, she was astute, composed, and mature, a respected doctor.

He couldn’t waste her time or damage her reputation.

“Mr. Lenoir.”

Cherise emerged from the bathroom, made herself presentable, but her face still showed a hint of discomfort, “I can choose to forget what happened.”

“But I trust you will honor your promise and provide our hospital with the twenty million in medical funds, not a penny less.”

As she spoke, she seemed to remember something and looked up at Damien, “Additionally, when making the donation, I hope you can specify that fifteen million of the twenty million should be allocated to our cardiology department, thank you.”

a faint smile playing on his lips,

this morning, I only agreed to

“Is that so?”

did to the daughter of the Tanner family, the sister

disagree with this amount, it’s not a

took this

smiled at him, “Imagine, that picture will be seen by people all over

worth less than ten

Lenoir’s eyes narrowed slightly, “When did you become so

learned a thing or two

twinkling mischievously, “You wanted

the

1/2

and after a moment, he laughed.

indeed

consent, she would have been furious, giving him the cold shoulder for a long

she not ignore him, she even thought

took a deep breath and looked at her, “Since you feel like you’ve been wronged, how about I

glanced at the time; it was already