Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 790 Damien Defended Cherise

Damien’s voice reverberated through the room, cutting through the tense silence like a sharp knife.

“So, this is Ms. Tanner’s journalistic code? Expose, slander, and then claim the moral high ground?” Gwenn’s carefully constructed facade crumbled under his gaze. Damien was a man of quiet power, his words few but impactful.

“I… I avoid my family to protect them,” she stammered, her voice feeble and unconvincing. “As Cherise’s sister, I only wanted what’s best.” But the defiance in her eyes was a flickering flame, extinguishing in the face of Damien’s unwavering conviction.

“Best for her?” Damien’s smile was a chilling thing, devoid of warmth.

You dragged her through the mud, portrayed her as a villain, and then pretended to be her savior? I find such hypocrisy distasteful. And I spoke with a source at the SumTimes who presents a rather different account of events.”

weight of his words pressed down on her, suffocating and damning. Damien had exposed the truth, the ugly truth that lay beneath her

informed me of a journalistic protocol. Before publishing any exposé, the journalist must reach out

you, along with the esteemed Dean of Lermille Hospital, painted a rather distinct picture. On the night you received this

face twisted

terrible mistake. Armed with meticulous

public image, revealing the shallowness beneath the carefully

the conversation was met with his gentle, yet relentless, return to the truth. Damien was a predator, and Gwenn, his prey, was ensnared in the

to steer the conversation away, but Priscilla shot him a steely glare. “Let

to deferring to the late Charisa, fell silent. Even with Charisa gone, facing her sister still

always a