Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 688 The Return Of The Prodigal Ex-wife

Cherise stood still, her gaze fixed on the path Ursula had angrily stormed away from-the echoes of Ursula’s enraged voice still ringing in her ears.

She smiled gracefully, stood up, grabbed her coat, and commented, “Mr. Lenoir, it seems you’ve had a successful five years.”

“Being both the family savior and the dear sister-in-law. The kids and I will excuse ourselves then.”

Cherise scolded and turned to the two children, “Let’s go.”

“We’ll stay in a hotel tonight.”

Initially, Damien had planned for the children and Cherise to stay at Lenoir Manor.

He justified his decision by citing safety concerns in the outside world and considering hotels too expensive.

However, Cherise didn’t find hotels expensive; she found them inconvenient.

Damien insisted that if she took the children to a hotel, he would send Blake, accompanied by bodyguards, to secure the hotel entrance and conduct security checks on other guests, fearing potential harm to his children.

Given Damien’s prominent status in Adania, he undoubtedly had numerous enemies.

Cherise found this arrangement troublesome, so she had agreed to stay at Lenoir Manor.

But now it seemed….

Sera’s eyes

we would

and lifted Sera, “Uncle Shaw’s

her smile to Soren.

hopped off the chair, grabbing Cherise’s bag as

raised his hand to stop Cherise, “Cherry, Rowena

saved your life, right?

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filled with resignation. “Since she was injured saving you, you should take responsibility for her,”

eyes conveying a subtle meaning, and continued, “But, Mr. Lenoir, you

doable, but dealing with two might

protested, “But Cherry, Rowena and I have never…”

“I understand.”

and smiled, “but she has feelings

just to be with you.

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for us.

breath, her eyes filled with a hint of exasperation as she added, “Take care of

for taking the children out to play… let’s postpone that

decisions, consider visiting the person

she picked up Sera and left